[Page] Brittish and Out-landish PROPHESIES: MOST Of above a 1000 years Antiquity, the rest very Antient;

FORE-TELLING The several Revolutions which hath and shall befall the Scepter of ENGLAND; the Coming in of the Normans, Continuance and Ex­tirpation; the late Warrs; the late Kings death; his High­ness's Conquest and arrival to the Scepter, Sovereigntie and Government of Great Brittain; the fall of the Turk, Pope, Emperour of Germany, and most of the great Princes of the world by their particular names; and that his Highness that now is shall Conquer most of them:

ALSO, His Highness's lineal descent from the antient Princes of Brittain, clearly manifesting that Hee is the Conquerour they so long prophesi [...]d of. Also, a short account of the late Kings Original; published in Welsh and English for the satisfaction of the Intelligent in either TONGUE.

By THOMAS PUGH, Gentleman.

LONDON Printed, and are to be sold by Lodowick Lloyd at his Shop next to the Castle in Corn-hill. 1658.

CYMMRODORION 1820
[...]

To the Right Honourable John Glynn, Lord Chief Justice of England.

MY Lord, I might justly incurre your just Reprehension for presuming to prefix your Name to patronize so rude and indi­gested Collection, which in testimony of the innate affection I ever bore my Native Country, I have essayed; spurred thereunto with the longing desire of manifesting a pittance (as Interest) of that principle Service I had devoted to attend your Ho­nours commands: How seasonable it may accest to ataque your Lordships perusal I can better wish then pretend cognizance of. I presume, many fresh pal­lats, not seasoned with mature deliberation, cannot well relish nor resent these old superannuated relicts, who nothing dandle but their own mishapen prodi­gies and abortive bratts: My Lord, I have gleaned the Remains of our Brittish Bards, which time hath honoured with such hoary Hair, that most of them writes above a 1000 years, from whose mouths you may please to recieve an account of all the revoluti­ons and vicissitudes that hath, and may befall, the Scepter of England, the late warres, the Kings death, his Highness Inauguration, and now they having given your Honour an account in their Mother tongue, they address themselves to your Lordship [Page] for shelter from envies darts, and though I have ex­posed my self to the publique view and censure of all that can read English, yet having the influence of your Lordships name, I value not what darts malice may or can ejaculate against me; for indeed I could not expect (treating upon a subject of this nature) to please all, and so having discharged my conscience in rendering these Gleanings as well as I was capable into English (without favour or affection) beg li­cense to stile (as I ever hope to approve) my self,

Your Lordships faithfully devoted Servant THO. PUGH.

To the READER.

REader, thou art here presented with many antient Prophesies; some of 11, and o­thers of 1200 years antiquity: the rest ve­ry antient; but for want of a Corrector sufficiently intelligent in the Brittish tongue, that part of the Book (viz. the Welsh) has not escaped the Press free from Errata's. The language these Prophesies were deli­vered in is so very antient, that it differs much from what is now spoken; and upon that account I could not for the present (the Collector of these Prophe­sies living very remote) procure any so intelligent in that Tongue, as to have warranted it free from Er­rata's: but as the faults will easily appear to those that understand the Language, so they will (by them) as soon be corrected; and for those who only understand the English, they are to them of no con­cernment: but if opportunity hereafter offer it self, and the complection of the time deserve it, those faults will not only be corrected (for a further satis­faction to those who understand the Brittish tongue,) but some marginal Notes will be added for their more easie understanding: but I doubt not but they will meet with many Opposers, who oftentimes re­sist the apparentest Truth with a sturdie defiance, be­cause it makes not for their espoused interest; and those kinde of men reckon the most currentest Coyn. [Page] (where the very finger of heaven is p [...]rceptible) but as counterfeit, because it has not the Image of their Caesar imprest upon it; however, if thou wilt spend so much time as to look them over, thou wilt finde their Language strange, as to the late King and his Fa­mily, his Highnesse and Posterity. What was then delivered by them, hath been ever since preserved and conveyed from age to age, and now brought to pub­lick view: and though they seem great strangers to most men, by reason of their hoary hair, yet there are many Persons living (both of Honour and In­tegrity) who have converst with them in antient ma­nuscripts many years before the breaking out of the late Warrs, besides many Out-landish Authors for many hundred of years past, made use of their names and prophesies upon several occasions; but it's true, many foreign antient Writers judged Taliesin rather a Magician then an Angel, (as the antient Brittains termed him) in regard of those wonderfull things which he did, when he lived amongst them 1200 years since; and forasmuch as no account could be given of his exstraction and Genealogie. But my purpose is not to Apologize for him in either respects, but leave him to be judged by them that reade him; on­ly I thought good to acquaint thee, That the passage concerning the original and descent of the late King, made use of in these Prophesies, thou shalt finde at large in Holingsheds History of Scotland, pag. 246. This I thought good to mention, least the Reader be possest with prejudice against the Collector of these Prophesies, who quotes that passage out of Powels Chronicle, which is very rare or not to be had.

Vale.

The substance of some of the Prophesies, by way of Question and Answer, beginning at Henry the Eighth.

Quest. HOw ma [...]y Children shall Henry have?

Answ. Four Children.

Qu. How many of them shall reign?

An. Three.

Qu. Which of them will first reign?

An. The fourth B [...]anch; or Edward the Six [...].

Qu. Who will be the second?

An. Mary; or wo and misery, with sowre sawce, to the Protestants.

Qu. Who will be the third?

An. Elizabeth; or a tender Dame, which will bemoan the former miseries of the Protestants.

Qu. Who will succeed her?

An. King Iames; a new Sovereign, a Lyon, or a Lamb.

Qu. Who will succed this new Sovereign?

An. King Charles; or a Mould-warp, a red Lyon, white King, or Flower de Luce.

Qu. How shall hee reign?

An. With peace at the beginning, and warrs towards the latter end of his reign.

Qu. What shall become of him?

An. Driven to flye, taken and censured to death.

Qu. Will he be put to death?

An. Yes: and shall be the last crowned King that shall reign in Brittain of that race.

Qu. By whom shall he be put to death?

An. By a Councill from the Army.

Qu. Who will be chief of that Council?

An. Fairfax; or a man with the l [...]tter X in his name.

Qu. By what death and Instrument will he dye?

An. His head cut off with an Axe.

Qu. What will befall to his Party, or them which side with him.

An. Wo [...] losse of lives, or Estates, or both.

Qu. Shall any of the Children of the Mould warp, red Ly­on, or white King succeed him in the Regal Government?

An. No.

Qu. Who will succeed the Mould warp in the Government of Great Brittain?

An. A Branch out a further Beam, or from the body of Blethin ap Cynvin, sometimes Prince of Powis and North-Wales; and also from Eysyllt, daughter to Conan Dindaethwy, son to Rodri Molwynog, son to Idwall Iurch, son to Cadwal­lader; and likewise from Angharad, mother of the said Blethin ap Cynvin; or a black Lyon, or a red subtle Fox, or an Eagle.

Qu. What will this Branch do in Great Brittain, and else­where abroad?

An. Conquer England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, shake the Ant christ of Rom [...], and the Kingdomes of Europe, or force them to a peaceable Associat [...]on.

Qu. How will it fall to the Church in his tim [...]?

An. Bring the Church to a Reformation according to its primitive purity.

Qu. In answer to the seventh Question, thou hast spoken of Warrs in the lat [...]er end [...]f the Mouldwarps reign, tell us how and what will be the cause of such warr?

An. D [...]vision in a Parliament between Lords, which is called a Red Parliament.

Qu. What Number will the Prime be in the year of that Red Parliament?

An. The Prime will be 9.

Qu. According to your Prophesies, who will get the Crown, the King or his Subjects?

An. The Crown will be from thence forwards disposed at the will and command of the Subjects.

Qu. How is the eldest Son of the Mould-warp laid out?

An. A white King, the Flower of the Rose.

Qu. How will it fare with him?

An. Be forced to flye out of England towards Spain and the rising of the Sun.

Qu. How many attempts will he make against England?

An. Two attempts.

Qu. What will become of him in that attempt?

An. Fall in the storm.

Qu. What will become of the rest of the Children of the Mould-warp?

An. Vanish away, and live in strange Land for evermore.

Q. What shall become of she Queen of the first white King?

An. The Rose female and her Flowers shall for ever van [...]sh away.

Qu. What shall become of the posterity or race o [...] 2 Henries?

An. They will be wholly extirpated of the Kingly Go­vernment.

Qu. Having done with the Temporality, what will become of the Clergy both at home and abroad, and first what will be­come of the Pope of Rome?

An. Fall to the ground.

Qu. By whom shall he have his fall?

An. By the great Turk and the Brittish Branch.

Qu. What will become of Bishops here in Great Brittain?

An. Fall likewise with their Hiera [...]chie.

Qu. What will become of the Clergy of the Mould-warp, or white King?

An. Fall in like manner to contempt and misery, and be barred of their temporal Livings.

Qu. What will become of Crosses, Images, and superstiti­ous Rites and Ceremonies?

An. Demolished, abrogated, and taken away for ever.

Qu. By whose means will this come to passe?

An. By means of the Reformed Prince or Conquerour of the Brittish blood, mentioned in the 15 Question before.

Qu. Whether the antient forms of Ma [...]riages, Baptism, the Sacrament and Burials will stand or no?

An. None of these will stand, but altered into other forms more wise and agreeable to Gods Word.

Qu. Shall the Church and State here in Great Brittain be free from trouble and invasion of forreign Nations after the year 1656.

An. No; but shall be further tryed with troubles both from its own bosom, and from enemies abroad.

Qu. How long will such trouble continue to the Church and State after the year 56?

An. Look not for settlement till the year 63.

Qu. Shall there be unity, peace and concord after that year here in Grrat Brittain.

An. Yes assuredly.

Qu. Shall Beirdhth and Poets be yet in esteem?

An. Yes: Foddaw Paredraeth i bob Prydidd.

Q. What shall be the chief grounds of the falling out between the Mould warp, red Lyon, or white King, and his Parliament?

An. The chief cause or grounds thereof will be about the old or Romish Religion.

Qu. Thou hast spoken of a Conquerour, tell us of his Birth and Parentage.

An. He shall be a Brittain by descent from the fathers side, and an Englishman born.

Qu. When shall such Conquerour appear with his warlike Actions?

An. He shall be the first after E. the young King, or E. which will dye in his youth, viz Edward the Sixt.

Q. Whose Standard shall this Brittish Conqueror beat down?

An. The Standard of C. or Charles.

A Bright Northern STAR: Discovering the Fate of GREAT BRITAIN.

IN the year of Christ, 540. In the time of Mael­gwyn [...]winnedd, in Latine Maglocunus, K [...]ng of the Britains; there lived in North Wales, a Prince called Gwiddno Garranir, which had a Weere, or a design to take variety of fish in great abun­dance, especially at some seasons of the year; and upon the Eve of St. John Baptist, Elphin, eldest Son of the said Gwiddno, a prodigal youth, begged of his Father the fortune of the said Weere for that night, the which was kindly gran­ted; next morning Elphin went very early to view the fortune desti­nated for him; then the Nets were [...]aken up, but no mann [...]r of fish, only a close leather bagg, in, or entaogled about the said Net; the which was taken up and ripe open; the first object that appeared, was a forehead of a lively child; upon sight thereof Elphin sayd, O! Jessu wnned ydiw i [...]alken, Behold O Jesu how white is his forehead▪ thereupon the child replyed and said, Wele ti am henwaist i, Ta­liesin in ge w [...]r, Thou hast given me a name which shall be Taliesin; but prodigal Elpnin began to be so rowful at his hard fortune, seeing that he had no manner of fish, when his father had them in great abundance, esp [...]cially at such a season of the year; Then the young child finding E [...]ph [...]n discontented for his hard fortune, began to so­lace him wi [...]h most divine Exhortations; to trust in the living God, which never faileth his; after these as followeth,

[Page 2] Then the child was brought along with Elphin to his fathe [...] house, where he was nourished and brought up a Scholar, and after few years he became Master of all Languages, Arts and Learning; and also, ab­solute perfect in the knowledge of holy Writs, and excellent in the gift of Poetry, which he delivered most sweetly in way of Traethi­awd, wawd, or owdwle [...], in high and elegant phrase: A Champion for the Protestant Religion, which he professed and maintained, as appears by his Creed, and other writings herein incerted; And an enemy to the Church of Rome, vehemently exhorting the Clergy and Layety of of the Britains to take heed and beware of the corrupt Do­ctrine thereof; he was a great Prophet, as is already expressed. This Taliesin made former appearances, and bore several names; at the first time called Gwin bath, the second time Merthin, and lastly Ta­liesin; the manner of these former appearances I have omitted, least my Narration prove too tedious to the friendly Reader: Merlin Am­boorse that l [...]ved in his time, gave him reverend and respective Titles.

Now to Taliesins first Language, which he delivered in an Ex­hortative way to the said Elphin ap Gweddno.

1.
Ephin deg tawath wylo
Na Chabled neb e eiddo
Ni wnales it ddrwg obeithio
Nid a wyl dun ai Portho
Ni thir dvwrr Addawo
Ni bidd, koeg gweddi kynlo:
or first born
Ni chaed yngoced widdno
E, ioed kystall a heno.

The Translation, Toliesin finding Elphin sorrowful for his hard fortune, began to exhort and to solace him, and said; Fair Elphin leave off thy weeping, be not discouraged at thy loss, nor contemn what thou hast received, it will not avail thee to be hopeless, man is not sustained with what he seeth, God will not break his promise; the prayer of Kynllo will not be fruitless; there was never had in the Weer of Gwiedno, so good a fortune as this.

2.
Elphin d [...]g ssuch dy ddeyvdd
I [...]th wared fod yn brvdd
Ni wna les gormod kystydd
Kvc tybbiaist na che faist fvdd
Nag Ammav weithiav dofvdd
Kvd bwyf fycha [...]e wyf golfvdd
O for ag o fynvdd, oeigiawnafonvrdd
I dewfin dvw dda ir dedwvdd.

The Translation: Fare Elphin wipe off the tears from thy face, it will not avail thee to be pensive, neither will it profit thee to be too sortowful, thou thinkest thou hast no gain, mis-doubt not the works of God, for from the Sea and Land will he send riches to the happy or just man.

3.
Elphin Cynneddfav diddan
Anfil wraidd yw dy Amkan
Kid bwf eiddil a bychan
Hr fodd garw firw mordnilan
Ind rhaid it ddirfawr gwvfau
Gwell dvw na drwg ddarogau
Im A wnaf it yn invdd kyssran
Well na thrychan Maran.

The Translation, Well quallified Elphin, thy purpose and hopes are not Warriour like, while I am small and tender; After such sort thou needest not desperately complain, better trust in God then mis­trust his mercies, in the time of necessity, I will be beter unto then than 300. Salmons.

4.
Elphin gynneddfav hynod
Nascr wothdy gaffaciliod
Kyd bwyf wan ar lawr yngod
Mae rhinwedd ar synbafod
Ind rhaid it ddirsawr ofnod
Cnd Koff [...]rv henwer dwndad
Niddichon ueb ay orsod

[Page 4] The Translation: Elphin of known vertues, be not displeased with the fortune thou hast received of God, while I am weak and under thy protection, there is a gift on my tongue, thou needst not be terrified with too much fear; do but name or crave the assistance of the Trini [...]y, and [...]hou canst not be overcome.

Now followeth his Confession, or an exact Accompt of what he was, and of his sojourning since the Creation, to that very time of his appear [...]ng.

Part 1.
Prif fardd [...]yffred in ydwyfi i Elphin
Am gwalad gynefio ymmeo goribblu
Jonas ddewn am gelwis Merddin
Bebach Pob Brenmam geilw Tal [...]esin.

The Translation: I am now chief Bardth, or Prophet to Elphin, but my lest abode was in the Country of the Cherubims: Ionas the Prophet called me Merddin, but hereafter all Kings shall name me Taliesin.

2.
Mi fvm gidam N r yngor vwch der
Elder pan gwvmpodd lvmcisa ivffern ddwsndir
Mifvm Mewn Mauner o flaen Alexander▪
Mi wn rify ser or Gogledd hid Auster.

The Translation: I was with my Lord God in the highest Hea­vens, when Lucifer fell to the bottom of Hell, I have been in a Ban­ner, (leading) before Alexander; I know the number of the Stars from the North to the South.

3.
Mi fvm yn Arka gida Noe ag Alpha
Mi Awelais ddifa Sodom a Gomorha
Mi fvm yn Affricka kin a deiladv, Roma
M [...] a ddeithim hid ymmaat weddillion Troya.

The Translation: I was in the A [...]k with Noah and Alpha I saw the destruction of Sod [...]m and Gomorrah; I have been at Affricka, before the building of Rome; I came to the Remnant of the Tro­jans.

4.
Mi fvm Bedcog i Eli ag Enog
Mi fvm ymman krvgmabdvwtagarog
Mi fvm ben kaidiog yngaruth twr Nebog
Mi fvm dri chyfnodynghaer Arian chog.

The Translation: I have been a Protector to Elias and Enoch, I have been at the place where the merciful Son of God suffered; I have been chief keeper or conductor at the building of the Tow­er of Babel; I have been three seasons in the City of Arian­chog.

5.
Mi Addeithim ir heon i lawrglyn Ebron
Mi fvm yn Canan Paulas Absolon
Mi fvm yn llus dion, kyn geni Gwvddion
Mi fvm ynghaer salon ymmvsgr Apostolion.

The Translation: I came to the Plain, in the Valley of He­bron: I was at Canaan when Absolom was killed; I was at the Pallace or Court o [...] Dyon, before the birth of Gyants: I have been at the City of peace, Caersalon, or Jerusalem, amongst the Apostles.

6.
Mifvm fardd teleulu i Lyon lychlin
Mi a gefais Newin Am faby forwym
Mifvm yn ygwpn frinyn Llis Kynfelin
Mewa ky ff [...]g effin vndvdd abwiddin.

The Translation: I have been chief Berdth to Lyon, King of Armorico; I sustained hunger for the Son of the Virgins sake, (meaning Christ) I have been at the Court of Kynvelin (King of the Britains) and have sustained prison at the Tower for a year and a day.

7.
Mi a fvm gidamrhiaen ym meressebe Assen
Mi a Nerthes Moyseu trwy for [...]rddonea
My a fvm yn rwybren gida mairfadlen
Mi a gefais a wen o bair Garidwen.

The Translation: I have been with my Virgin at the Asses [Page 9] Crib; I have conducted Moses through the Sea of Jordan; I have bin in the air with Mary Magdalin; I have received the gift of Poe [...]ry from the boyling furnace of Caridwin, a she Gyant that li­ved in North-Wales.

8.
Mi a wn ddysgv gwawd
Ir holl fedayth dawd
Mi a f [...]dda hid ddvdd brawd
Ar vey n [...]b daivr dawd
Ni wyddvs bethyw fyngnhawd
Ai kvg ai ypsgawd.

The Translation: I know how to teach the making of Songs to all the Masters of Poetry; I will be upon the face of the earth, till the day of judgment; It is not known whether my body be fish or flesh.

And so endeth a Declaration of his progress since the Creation.

Now followeth his Creed.

Krvst Iessv grovwcha iti ynving ikredat
Dy fodyn dri agynun, agynvnia wnith goili af
Iawn dy Alwyn dad chad chwyth bennaf
Iawn dy Alwyn dad pobplant Addaf
Iawn dy Alwyn ysbrvd in liniwvd mal Efaf
Iawn it helpv kymrv hvff y dwed
Pau fvch trigens mlwydd cbwydd ynehaf
Dros ben pedwarkaut saut sauteiddiaf
Dros ben mil hefud, btddbod gownaf
Yno gwraudawer ner fy Naf
Yna i chenir tir y wyr glanaf
A phen fvch ddevgain Affedair ynehaf
Dros ben mvl chwechant m 1 l alphaf
Troude hod ar dy blaut kieiniaf
Fy ner helper Owen Clazi golev af
Yno i kau ka mber halelvwi af

[Page 7] The Translation: Christ Jesus the most High, in thee only do I beleeve, which art three, and yet one, and in that one do I rightly beleeve, with all right art thou to be called a f [...]ee, w [...]lling and supream Father; worthy to be called the Father of all the children of Adam; wor [...]hy to be called a Spirit, not created like Eve, w [...]ll mayest thou help the Britains, with boldness and hu­mility I speak it; thou that art the Holy of Holies, when thou comest to the age of one thousand four hundred and threescore, then let my Lord hear my request, for then will the lands of the fairest be parted: And when thou son of Alpha comest to the age of one thousand six hundred forty and four, then let the wheel turn to the benefit of thy most miserable children; my Lord, help thou the most bright and visible Owen, then shall Kamber sin Halelnjah.

Y drydvdd owd wl Awnaeth Taliesin i osod allau y dialedd a ddigwydd i bachadiried am Amrw bechode rgweithtedvedd dew.

1. Gwae a gymerth sedved A chred a chrefvd. [Onis tevstha

2. Gwae hwy Benaetheav Adir dafodav [Agai difethair

3. Gwae ofieiriaud mvd Nir Angreffitia gwvd [Agni phregetha.

4. Gwae ni cheidw i gail Ag ef ynfvgail. [Agnis Areilia.

5. Gwae in cheidw i dd [...]saud Chag bleidduo [Aifonguwpa.

6. Gwae a gais bressen Mewntrais trawsdilen. [Trafoyma.

7. Gwae ddegassog samt Ni chat wo i scamt. [Agnis Adola.

8. Gwae eulin Angev, A wnel bechidev. [Onis kyffessa.

9. Gwae a ysso fwyd Twysegir fwd. [Agni laficia.

[Page 8] 10. Gwae a gasglo olvd Trafoyna bvd. [Odraifa thraha.

11. Gwae erbin didd brawd Ni [...]hospo i gnawd. [Agnis gweddia.

12. Gwae a foyn bengwlad Ag afo kirdwad. [Ag wnel traha.

13. Gwae in chredir drindawd Gwae ni rudd gardawd. [Onistrigarha.

14. Gwae a ddyko dreftad Y wrddwar ymddifad. [Onis ky A ana.

15. Gwae a occhfydo egwan Ag a ddygo i ram. [Onis ky siowna.

16. Gwae a ddyg o fâr. Yni galon wethi gar. [Ag ai kassha.

17. Gwae brechen Ky footh Ag a welo lednoeth. [Onis k ddia.

18. Gwae a to gwenwing Gwae a wvlfychedig. [Oni estirya.

19. Gwae in ymwel [...]r kleision. Ar karcarcharorian [Onis gobrwha.

20. Gwae in roddo let [...]v A bwvd a gwelv. [I B [...]rerinia.

21. Gwae ef oi eni yma Os i ddrwg weithceda. [Ai dwgi [...]fferna.

22. Gwae hwnt y gethren A wl [...]dy cha vffern. [Bvthuerdy yma.

23. Man i mae wbain Main i mae llefam. [A llawer pla.

24. Man i mae Guzdd fam. Man i mae poeth fan [Heb. escorv.

25. Man nid oes ddolwch Man nid oes ed [...] firrweh. [Buth wedy yma.

26. M o i mae denikevd Man i mae Anwyd. [Ecc [...] Agfa:

27. Man i mae krioe Man i mae vddo. [Bvth hedisin wvthdra.

His Woes against manifold sin and sinners.

1. Woe be unto all that enter into covenant by Baptism, if they will not perform.

2. Woe be unto Rul [...]rs that destroy Towns.

3. Woe be unto dumb Priests that slight their she [...]p, and will not preach.

4. Woe be unto those Shepherds that will not defend their fold always.

5, Woe be unto him that will not preserve his sheep with weapon, though from Romish Wolves.

6. Woe be unto them that seek gain by tyranny and oppres­sion.

7. Wo be unto the odious Saints that wil not keep his birth­right, and not worship.

8. Woe be unto all mortals that commit sin will not confess them and repent.

9. Woe be unto them that eat their bread through idleness, and will not work.

10. Woe be unto them that gather riches while they are here by oppression and impiety.

11. Woe be unto them against the judgment day, that will not mortifie their members and pray.

12. Woe be unto the chief Rulers and Magistrates that do in­justice.

14. Woe be unto them that will not beleeve in the Trinity, and that will not give Alms.

14. Woe be unto him that defraudeth the fatherless and the widdow, if he will not make restitution.

15. Woe be unto them that oppresseth the weak, and taketh his right from him, and will not satisfie him.

16. Woe be unto him that hateth his brother to death.

17. Woe be unto rich men that will not commiserate and cloth the poor and naked.

18. Wo be unto them that are poysoned with envy and ma­lice, and releeveth not the thirsly.

[Page 10] 19. Woe be unto them that visit not the sick and prisoners in disterss.

20. Woe be unto them that deny the sojourners of rest and relief.

21. Woe be un [...]o him born here if his [...] w [...]ll s [...]k him to Hell.

22. Woe be unto those Fiends that sh [...] [...]o [...] ever be confined to the torments of Hell.

23. A place full of howling, crying, and intol [...]rable plagues.

24. A place full of groanings and ardent heat, without hopes of recovery.

25. A place voyd of satisfaction (for sins) and repent [...]nce for eternity.

26. A place where is shivering and quaking for the coldness of frost and snow:

27. A place where is crying and howling for eternity without case.

R. Gwdwl fraith hyna yn kan llin e hon fvdd yn go­svd Allau gwneithvriad Addu ag evah a llawer o bethav eraul fel i mae i ddaugvs gerllaw, ag yndi weed ar bruffwi dolieth ir saefon ar Britanienid.

1.
Ef a wnaeth Panton ar draeth Glinn Ebron
Ai ddwilo gwnion gnawd hvmana
A phumkan mylyneddyn ddi ymgvledd
I bv yn gorwedd kin kael Amma

The Translation, Taliesin said that Panton made humane body with his white hands on the sandy Velleys of Hebron, and that this humanity respited five hundred years on that sands be­fore he was made a living soul.

2.
Ef a wnaeth eilwis yn llvs Baradwvs
O assen asswy, Essni Femina
[Page 11] Seithawr i bvan yn kidwir berllan
Kin kwffwed a satan temytiwr hvladda.

The Translation, That the same Panton in the Court of Pa­radice made again a Femina out of a left rib, and that they, or Adam and Eve, stood but seven hours before they met with Satan, Tempter of the posterity of Adam.

3.
Oddiyno i gyrwyd trwy gvr ag Anwyd
I gneli lowid ir bid yma
Iddwyvn trwy lvdded feibion amerched
Chag kael esmwvthder yma.

The Translation, That they were driven from thence to get their living here, through the extremity of cold and labour, and to get men and maid children through pain and grief, and not to live at [...]ase here on earth.

4.
I Addaf ai gymar i chodded chawbalar
I dorri e ddayar i gael bara
Engylawl genad gaue vcheldad
A ddvg had lifiad gidag efa.

The Translation, That a Spade was given to Adam and his fellow to dig the earth, and to get their bread; that an Angel presented from the most high Father, all manner of seeds to Eve for Adam.

5.
Hithe A giddiaod y ddegfed chau or chodd
Hid na Chwpwlhaod e holl Balfa
Yuo llei [...] heywxd e had a golkvwyd
Men Sam nvel Brvffwydb offessna.

The Translation, But Eve c [...]nveyed away, and did hide from Adam the tenth part of thes [...] se [...]ds, so that the remain­der were not sufficient to [...]ow the Ti [...]lage; then wh [...]e the seeds were sowen, it proved d [...]ceit [...]ul, as witnesseth Samuel the Prophet.

6.
R [...]ug dv a gafad yn lle Gwenith had
Er dangos afrad ar l [...]d [...]atta
Am hyny off [...]lfddrwg chaud medd e Athrwg
Roi pob rh [...]w ddegwm i ddvw yrdnna.

The Translation, This wasting of the seeds by the every produced Rye where Wheat was sown, and this falshood brought in the payment of the tenth part of all the Tillage to the Lord God.

7.
Or Gwenith cowraint, ar Gwvn rhved Rhwvdd fraint
I gwneir kooph kowraint krvst sab Alpha
Y Gwenith ywr knawd, ar Gwn ywy Gwaddrawd
A geirie e drindawd ai bendiga.

The Translation, That of the purest Wheat, and tawny plea­sant wine is made a body of Christ, the son of Al­pha; The Wheat a Type of the body, the Wine of the natu­r [...]l blood, and these are consecrated with the words of the Tri­nity.

8.
Lly srav pob dirgol ef a ddvg Laphael
O law Emmanvwel vw choi i Adda
Pan oedd ymcheffen hid droff i ddwien
Yn nwfwe Irddonen ynhir weftfa.

The Translation, Books of all Mysteries, Arts and Scienc [...]s, were brought by Raphael the Arch-Angel from the han [...]s of Emmanuel to be given un o Adam, when he was at the Ri­ver of Jordan in the Western parts, up to his cheeks

9.
Devddeg Engylion pedwar Gweryddon
Addan fvnoth lef on i du Adda
Er daug [...]s i nerth chag pobrh w drafferth,
Pan oedd Aughy fnerh yn benna,

[Page 13] The Translation, Twelve Angels and four Books were sent by Lefon to the house of Adam, to demonstrate his power, and against all manner of miseries, when weakness bore sway, and befoje strength came in.

10.
Mawr fvo falon ar y bobt ddymon
Kim kael Arwiddion miserecordia,

The Translation, Great war the care and fear of the sons of men, before they received sign [...] and promises of mercy and re­demption.

11.
Pymtheg deg dudd briw
Dros vwchder pob rhiw
I bv dwfe dilwyndwyu Arka.

The Translation, That the deluge boar the Ark over the tops of all hills for fifteen term destroying days.

12.
Or Gwvn sinoblrvdd blanwud weth hoelddidd
Ar nos nanos gynvdd, ar Gwyn Alpha.
13.
Fo gafas moesen i dair gwialen
R [...]ag dirfowr Angev ar dominicha
Fo gafas Alon o dwr Babilon
Ddirgele digion Arf a Pheira

The Translation, Moses had his three Rods on the Lords day against the eminent danger of death: Alon likewise had from the Tower of Babel a misterious weapon.

14.
Ag a gefais inne yn fymmrud lytre
Holl gelfyddiadav gwlad Europia
[Page 13] Ochfi mor drvan trwy ddirfawer gwinfau
I dawr darogau i lvn Troya.

The Translation, I had (likewise) in my Prophesie Books, the misterious knowledg of the Country of Europe, wo is me, and I do very much bemoan the misery and calami [...]y that shall fall upon the Race of the Trojans.

15.
Eyfarffes gadwvnog falch Auchigarog
Ageskill eskithrogo sermania
Hono a o [...]eskin gymrv a phrydein
Olan Morllychlin hid yn saprina.

The Translation, For a Serpent will come in with chained wings most te [...]rilbe from Germane, and this will overcome and conquer Wales and Brittain, from the Norway Seas to Ci­vern.

17.
Yna i bidd Brithon mul karcharvrion
Ymrain Alltidwn i ogaxonia
I ner a folant, i faith a gadwant
I Braint a gollant ond wyllt walia

The Translation, Then wil the Brittains be in the condition of slaves to the Saxons; notwithstanding this Tyrannical [...]xtre­mity the Brittains wil continue in [...]he worshipping of their true God, preserve their Relig [...]on, but lose their lawful Rights and Inheritances except wilde Wales.

17▪
Oni ddel chiv fvd wedy her bouvd
I bo gogihvd y ddax draba
Yuo i kaiff Brithon i Tir ai koron
Ar bobl estaonion a dduvlanna.

The Translation, Until such time (after long suffering) that that the sins of both be had in equal ballance: Then shall the Brittains reinjoy their Territories and Crown, and the s [...]range Nations shall vanish away.

[Page 15] After a long progress of the Creation, of the f [...]ll of man, and his expulsion out of P [...]adice, to get their bread and c [...]ildren through swet and [...]abou [...]; Of [...]ves [...]hee [...]ery, a [...]d [...]aping of Rye where Wheat had b [...]n [...]; of the S [...]crament under the figure of Bread and Win [...]; of the Books of all Mysteries brought to Adam by the Angel Raphael, of the twelve Angels, and f [...]ur Books sent by Lefon to the house of Adam; of the fearful danger of man before the promise of a Redeemer; of [...]he Deluge, of Moses his three Rods, and Alon his mysterious wea­pon, and many particulars besid [...]s, then worth the nothing.

Then he proceeds and ends in prophesie of the Co [...]q [...]est of the Brittains by the Saxons, and stranger Nation of their expul­sion out of England into Wales, yet retaining their native Lan­guage, and faith in their true God; and of a certain time when the sins of both comes to an equal height, that then the stranger Nation will vanish away: and this Prophesie is fully accompli­shed to this very last Point: I could wish that England may look narrowly to their publick domestique sins, and observe how many changes and alterations come to this Island since Brutus his arrival.

  • First, Brutus entered in Anno Mundi 2781
  • Then the Scots, Picts, and Danes, Anno Christi
  • Then the Saxons, English &c. 450
  • Then the Danes 1013
  • Then the Normans 1066
  • Then the Scots 2602
  • And now his Highness the Lord Protector.

Well, do but observe and acknowledg the i [...]resistable will and power of the Ruler of Heaven and Earth, and let them that stand take heed lest they fall.

Kynghorav Taliesin i Elphin [...]p Gwiddno, gwedy ir Birdh diwatha eghirhave e Jaweth.

Nag ym ddiried ir neboth fwgythio.
Na chais groeso dan wg
[Page 16] Na chais lewenvdd heb wen
Ga chais chware a Chlwyfvshen
Fachais Elwo eskelyter
Na chais esmwvth der addigter
Na chais hir n [...]ges gau goled asrounog
Na chais ddiolcham nag
Na chais barcho ddryg fves
Na cha I vrddas o ff alster
Na chais gvllwair athgas
Nag ymrysson othwell
Nid oes gair gwir heb folianter drindod
Nid oes gair kelwy d hebyntho bechod
Nid oes weithred dda heb dalwyn barad
Nid oes weithered ddrwg heb ddialddidd brawd
Na chymellar ywfvd na diskna chyugar
Na chwfg fvhesni chag rhewsis yenawr
Na fvdd ddw faboni lerwichhy skibor
Na fynag i leide lle i body dryssor
Nagym ddiried ownod i leide vnaniser
Na fvdd chv soethos llei gallerdy hepkor
Na fegir oth fvdd oni delvchardy Elor
Nag Amharcha dy dad nabvgeilvd Allor
Na ddyro fwvd i y [...]kymhi nag i kybiddanger
Nag ym ddiried ond i ddvw ar heb Tymmor
A garv gael kyug er gefynedir doetha
A garo foliant molianedy Pena
A garo gael golvd kyfarched ir kyfethoka
A garo ymbil ymqilied ar haela
A garo gael yechvd kyforched ir gochucha
A gael trigaredd gveddiedar Alpha.

Englished.

COnfide not in him that threatens thee; seek not welcome from a dogged countenance. Seek not mirth from the Churle: Play not, jest not, with an old sickly person: Seek not [Page 17] profit from carelessn [...]ss, not ease from sorrow: Se [...]k not [...]ur­te [...]es from a [...] if: R [...]urn not thanks for denyals: Se [...]k no respect for abusive words: Se [...]k no credit from fa [...]shood: J [...]st not with thine enemy: Strive not with thy betters: No [...] a word of truth without praise to T [...]i [...]ity; Nor a word of a lye without sin: Good works have their reward; and wicked works their pu [...]ishment: Offer not to a fo [...]l learning nor ad­vice: Sleep not in June least January frost make thee repen: Be not careless till thou fill up thy ba [...]n: D [...]scover not thy trea­sure to a thief; trust not a thief: Be not too nice where thou canst be spared, nor idle by thy good will, till thou goest on thy B [...]r.

He that wanteth advice, or giveth praise to God, seeketh riches, or maketh request, or seeketh health, or forgiveness, let him p [...]ay to A [...]pha.

Now followeth a Song of Taliesin, in the very langu [...]ge that he delivered it, as may very well be g [...]anted, in respect of the harshness of it, the Translating whereof, ver­batim, I will not assume to give you.

1.
Ym Petwar prif gas eivioet,
Yt gyver uydynt yn vn oet,
Pas a henemt, haint a hoet,
2
Wyf hen, wyf vner wyf anelwic,
Wer gwedy gwely kerinnic,
Wyf trvan wyf Tridyblic.
3.
Wyf Trydiblic, hen, wyf auwdal,
Drvt, wyf ehvt, wyf [...]anwar,
Y fawl am Garawd nim car.
4.
Mym Car chiened nym kyniret
Neb ne allof darymret
Wy Augev nam digret
Nym digret nahvn nahoen,

Englished.

He saith that the prime 4. hath been always ominous, and so is the consumption of the lungs, old age, the plague, &c.

I am old, I am alone, and without Parentage or Consangui­nity, cold after a bed, &c.

I am poor, I am of a Triplicite nature.

Again, I am of a Triplicite nature, old, unconstant, dear, free, wildy, those that loved me, loveth me not. I am not be­loved amongst the daughters of men: I cannot transforme and convey here and there: I am a spirit, misdoubt it not, neither sleep nor joy will misdoubt me; by sleep is meant Mortals, by joy, the blessed Angels; dishonour not thy Parents, nor the Shepherd of the Church; give no alms to the [...]roward nor mi­ser, confide not in any creature or thing many seasons, but in God.

YR. Owdwl gynta o waith Taliesin.

This Song is altogether prophetical, wherein his Highness is clearly prophesied out of the body of Angharwd, mother to Blethin op Cynvni, and most of his Acts are here fore-told.

1.
Ameodwy chwyf nef chwyf [...] Audyrdavd kerd
Nym gwnel Cardo nebawd
Y foly Mab duw di bechawd
Dibeth, do [...]th, kyfveth, kyfundawd.

The Translation, I am resolved through the assistance of Hea­ven, and authority of Poetry, and shall not be withdrawn by any friend, to laud and praise the Son of God without sin; yea, that sinned not, only wise, rich, and unanimity of concord.

2.
Arb digabl parabl parthawd
Piy Awen parhavs hydsrawd
Ar lles llawr, llyw slafnawr llwy prawd
Ar llwybyr Jawn or dawn ym daerawd.

[Page 19] The Translation, without guile or deceit in thy eternal and ready speech, most sweet and lasting for ever, and this I will do for the benefit of men here below, where I find the colour or sight of a path of weapons; and a just path of gift in recom­pence for the dead.

3.
Delw ym bo er bod ir drindawd
Trvgared tros wared tros wawd
Y Adrawd ar cslawd eve flawd
Y ys gwyd mal ysgwyt chwyt rahawd.

The Translation, Gain will it be unto me as to the Trinity, Mercy for delivery and Poetry, in demonstrating a golden de­liverer, and unresistable and lawful Heir, whose shaking will be as the shaking of a multitude.

4.
Mvr Mawegor Trieth ytor tra tqvwd
Traeth om brvn trathantra thyvawd
Mvr Mawrdyr Mawrdoryf amgy frawd
Mvr Mavr dvd vch medyd medwawd.

The Translation, Thou that art strong in thy walls and Ca­stles, predictions shal be predicted unto thee; nay, I wil out of heart predict unto th [...]e, neer as many in number as the sands of the Sea: Thou wall most strong, shall be strongly broken down for r dear brothers sake.

5.
Mvr Mavr daryf mawr dorf gorsydawe
Mvr Mawr dreis, Mawr draws gynefawd
Ith gyfer unkwprolheir, nit kenais Cablawd
Nis kenais kauof dy folawd.

The Translation, Thou strong wall, an invincible Army shall batter thee, thou walls of wrongs and oppression, oeing thy wedded qualities, before thee shall we be restored; I have not sung to thy dispraise, but have sung and sing to thy l [...]ud and praise.

6.
Molaf wr cludwr olydawd
Y [...]rchion y eirchiet ar blanhawd
Y E [...]r in w [...]lir Moes medrawd
Ni w [...]lau in w [...]lir kydvrawd.

The Translation, I will sing praise unto a warm man, full of ki [...]dn [...]ss and temporal blessings, whose requests and actions a [...]e de [...]inated by the influence of the planets; let us praise with manners this fai [...] Eagle, the like whereof hath not, nor shall not be s [...]en.

7.
Gwelaisvd nym gwarthevd gwrthrawd
Wath frwydyr crwydyr crevlawn dybydawd
Gweleis wl [...]dic dic d [...]ofnawg
A o fyn y ofyn i ofen y efvsgywdawd.

The Translation, I have foreseen that the terror of an ene­my shall not discourage him, when he shall set his face against the cruel Armes of Fugatives; I have foreseen a frowning and cour [...]gious Native, tha [...] shall recover his own, whose presence shall be a terror amongst his enemies.

8.
Gwel [...]is gleis, a threis a thrallawd
Cledy fal dywarlev dywarnawd
Gweleis gled [...] chod a chawd
O beleidyr a cheeydyr rhvdo gnawd.

The Translation, I have seen hacking, hewing, and black blows, with tribulation, oppression, and sub-plan [...]ations: I have seen likewise praise, gif [...]s and multitudes of men in battails, after a tedious and long continuance in bondage.

9.
Gweleis hael ohil Augharawd
Ai giveles, gwelei Ryfed [...]wd
Mal Cadarn yn Cadwi [...]briawd
Mal Cadwr, Cat wei a dyfavd.

[Page 21] The Transl [...]tion, I d [...]sire th [...] Reader to take especial notice of this, where the Ang [...]l points a Conqueror out of the body of Angharad mentioned bef [...]e, and of the sure keeping of what he g [...]s. Said the Angel, I have seen a liberal Person of [...]he [...]ace of Angarad, and if I saw him, I saw a wounder like a mighty strong keeping his Spouse, as a sure keeper will he keep what [...]e g [...]ts or recovers.

10.
Ket wys kynghaws mavs maiestawd
Dehev dvw o nef ae gwarawd
Gwr gwrtbaw gwrthryth ys defawd
Gwr vthyr gwrthrychied ys gnawd.

The Translation, he shall keep with g [...]od reason his Terri­ [...]ories with the strength of Armies rightly, for the God of Hea­ [...]en shall defend him, which will be a man that will resist his [...]nemies with a customary and strong defence, in an admirable [...]ay.

11.
Gwrth eurdrv gno gnydhawd
Gwrth eurdal bual bugvnawd
Buelyn or euryn wir awd
Bu [...]th llad llonyd o fragawd.

This and the rest that follows runs on the valourous Acts of [...]is Co [...]queror, and of his fortunate keepi [...]g of his Conquest; [...]e harshness of the Language p [...]even [...]ed a Translation, f [...]r the [...]ords ars not to be found in our Welch Dictionaries.

12.
Buches kerd ke [...]dorion wosgawd
Buched glyw, gloew, yftriw, austrawd
Burchiad kad, kyrch hynawd
Bid Beirdon Barddeir am tafawd.

The last part of this foretels that this Conqueror will make [...]able Assaults against his enemies, and that the place of his [...]itation (here called a fold,) wil be made a fold or prison for [Page 23] Armies, and that Berdthes wil then rejoyce, and that as sure as he foretelleth with his tongue.

13.
Briwgoch brig ougyr broth Brithawd
Breith gad wyr boyd llyr lloegyr divrawod
Brv Brython bremt saefon saghawd
Bre brond r brom deu [...]dor durdawd.

The English may do very well to find out an Interpretor for the last, I assure you it threatens them fearfully; but to their comfort, it is partly accompl [...]shed, and the last stage not yet seen.

14.
Brpd, Gryd, Gryn, Grauwyn, Grat wrgraud,
Breisc, Risc, riev, rad, bavawd,
Brwysc, rwysc, rau gymman gymhendawd,
Brwydyr, eurgrwydyr, eurgreyr bedyffyawd.

He goes on in foretelling of broyls, miseries, insurrections, slaughter: flying away, and banishments.

15.
Braw, Bryneith, branar ev bedrawd
Bro bveugyl bramgoel yf bydawd
Bwlch i lafyn o lafue ffossawd
Bwlch y gled balch y gleddyfawd.

The Prophet concludes with high and mighty praise to this conquerour, as also to his sword, whose weight shall make heavy breaches with proud stroaks.

The second Part to the same Tune.

16.
Cludy fdrud, gwrawd gwr a deffry
Clud gwrawl rod Rodawdawg by
Gwr kyrchwn [...] fawr dali sowrdy
Mawrdal kerdd, nid Cardd y felly

[Page 22] He prosecutes the praising and extolling the Valour and good success of the same Conqueror, and saith that he shall revive from death with his long and sharp sword, which shal make his habitation in a large sumptuous house.

17.
Gwr gwael rwyf gwlad vn Rwyf vn chy
Gwr gweed lawn, nyd gwr gwawn gwekry
Gwr golud gwaet knvd gwaetkny
Lalanedy, kelennic a dyry▪

This man will abound of high blood, his Country and Tribe will be of the same; a potent man that will bestow gifts of sl [...]ughtered bloody wolves.

18.
Gwr krehlau ai kyffry
Kyffro Cad Cadellig wely
Gwr a wyr yn dydfwyr nafy
Gwr a wn a hwn yw hpuny [...]

The Translation, A furious man to his enemy, a man of per­fect knowledg in Arms, a man I know, and this is he.

19.
Yn twry [...] yn toryf ar hyly
Gwr yn taryf yn Tec vysc wedy
Gwr y gryt, gwyr gw [...]hyt gwrhy
Mal grey dyawl, Mal greyt vab Ery.

The Translation, In battels he wil cu [...] boldly to death; a man that wil strike dead, and no trouble after; a confident and a bold man, that wil confine his enemies to their graves; a man like Greydyawl and Greyt, the son of Ery.

20.
Treis dreon, tryn heyon, Nyw try
Traws trydar trydid haeyarnnlly
Gredyf eygawn, ny grawn ny grynny
Gormodo lafood [...]lyfry.

This is a trebble twisted knot.

[Page 24] Here he points cut a date of a perrilous time, in a mystical number, as Trei dreon, Try [...]eyon, Rywtry: I refer it to be unfolded by the ingenious Reader.

21.
Gryn, erdrym acrdric [...]edyly
Glyw vyget gl [...]v wgeil kymry.

The Third Part.

1.
Kymry dyffrediat kymrwyn
Y gwlat kymr [...]y Catcas Wenwyn
Ky [...]d wadawl kerd ganmawl ganmwyn
Ke [...] gyff [...]t gyfryev gat wyn.

The way to interpret is not free.

2.
Kadeir Cor Cadev dar, dyrr wyn
Kar kerdev, kerdorion wor llwyn
Gwr lliw glyw gleudraws maws medgwyn
Gwr llwrw llv lloegrwys dy gyflwyn.

The Prophet beginneth with hearty prayers for this British Conqueror, and then runs on in desplaying his exploits, and set­ [...]i [...]g forth his deserving praise.

3.
Gwr gwrdwan am Advan Adwyn
Gwervan gawr gwrdvar vawr wenwyn
Ef gorev ual gwryn adwyu
Na threi llafyn vch afyn vch afwyn.

He goes on stil with praises, comparing his strength to Gwr­van the Giant, and that he will be the best of all Conquerors that ever he saw, and that the strength of his weapons shall not decay, which shall both get and keep.

4.
A llyf crev a llyw ffrew ar ffrvwyn
Ll dei dreic, ar dragon drylwyn
[Page 25] Tryllyw coch tryllew droth drach
Am eur srwydyr am eur grwydyr eurgwyn.

The Translation, That cruel streams of blood shall run on h [...]s enemies sides, which shall leave a scarlet hue on his Bridle; he shall utterly destroy both the Serpent, and the nimble Dra­gon, likewise the three Red Lyons, whose destruction shall be bemoaned, and there shall be a cond [...]ling of former miseries, tyranny and oppression.

5.
Am evr vro evrvron Tirwyn
Toryf Anwar trydar toydol wyn
Rwyf faerfeith godeith gwanwyn
Eevlva thevlu a thevlwn.

The Translation, The former destruction shal come to pass as also the breaking off the treble unworthy Lyons, for detain­ing the rich, precious, just, and lawful rights from the owners thereof, and as the burni [...]g of dry grass in the spring, shall the head Ruler, with three families by force of destiny be destroy­ed.

Gwae wawr, a gwyr Mawr ymasswyno
Fyrf derfysc, ffysc didysc dydwyn
Fwyr ffysgiat Flenniat Flamdwyn
Frwyth wellig well vaeth ffraeth fraudwyn.

The Translation, Then woe be unto small and great, which failed to bless themselves, when they shall be brought to the ways of tribulation, as people without advice; then shal the Race of the Picts (meaning all strangers) like the burning of a hot furious flame of fire shal vanish away, and then better fruit and of better qualities shal possess the land.

Frawd wallaw a naw Anyfyn
Llwr Milevird mylv [...]irch di gyflwyn
[...]lwy byr moliant Medpaut, Medaukwyn
[Page 26] Lliw keneis oth godeis yth gwyn.
Dlew Cannawn kymer y dywyn
Llaw fryded am dvc am [...]wyn
Y wethyt Lloegyr, ervpt rraulyt brwyn.
Y Bedwevdd Rhau.
B [...] wyde Ascen brwyse Nenn baciscadef
Brevi borthiat a Coryfrat a chr [...]f
Bradv ysgwyd bryd ysgein wrthlaf
Brydev tau trelwan [...]in wodef.
Ys Ar glwydy [...] Arwpd ys ef
Ys Ca [...]fyrd, yscarfyd kyfl flef
Gwledic degaut orif a deccautref
Rhif ar vgeint ky [...]adef.
Bvd barawd Rarau gwynt hydref
Bugeil byd [...]uw, gymryt gymryt gymref
Goryf kein doryf con dothyadref
Y [...]h Edryd ith ad rawd is nef.
Par evrglawr [...]rglyw ym [...]ardlef
Pen Prydein proffwn yn taugnef.

The fift part.

Tyngnefed am nawd am niferwch
Chi chiallv dy hevd [...]ch
Nit a thar llachar llafarwch
Nit Achl [...]s afles arafwch.
Nit Achlvd eveglvd argelwch
Argel Card kerdorion wolwch.
Dor yscor ys [...]wyt [...]v Amdrwch
Do [...]th a drvdam dvd amdegwch.
Taryf Aergawd a [...]r gwl gadarnwch
Tory [...] evrgoryf eurgwyn gysedwch
Kyfedach v [...]r ch vy chynnwch
Kyfedwalch kyfedw [...]ilch elwch.
Elyf dre [...]c d [...]agon dygryw [...]h
A [...]af low lueed angelwch
Amgel [...]d Bri hon brithwch
Tyrnon tyrnas A [...]i [...]lwch.
B [...]ird w [...]gawn bard vrdawn vrdwch
Ʋrdawl kerd cau edifeirwch
Ant gvd bv [...] bewaneyt gyfradwch
Ongyr ued Angerd Malolwch.
Anger d [...]wl gred [...]awl gredyf unwch
Dy wall am dywef llo [...]yddwch
Caudad vyf a dig [...]irydwch
Na dala jar cas nar cas heddwch.
Nam gwethawd omgwnawd om gwarwch
Nam gwethrvn granwyn greyt wolwch
Nam gwrthod eryf draff [...]d aayf drwch
Ni wrthyd mabdvw dadelwch.

The sixth Part.

Dodolwch llachar llace gyvarpar
Yn aervar yn orvev
Llydv yscor ys [...]wy [...] bydmev
Llyt ysgun asg vnys gorev.
Y gymryt ankyt kyn barev
Y gymod nudyfed yn d [...]v
Dy v [...]oi vilwr hyd Angev
Dy uolawd is tauwawd ys tev
Dy fard da dodwy ith o deu
Dy var gwed gordyfyn yfadev
T [...] hebef ind hebv [...]ed tev
Did he bad ny hybaf [...]ynhev.
Hyr ith ardrethyr ar drethev
O bell hil Cadel kell kerdev
Hil Coeling perging pennaethev
Hy dyr am dadyl kynadev,
Hyl Rodri gwesti gwystyl verev
Gw [...]stad gryt gwystlon byt boet tev
Hil Rvffvd awyf rwydfud radev
Chwysg rynuawd morgymlad mawrglev.
Hil Maelgwyn milcaut adodev
Hil Tewdwr dywedwr dehev
Brwydyr orchwyd in orchud tlyffev
Nag ariaut nag eur yn adneu.
Brwysc rhwysc rhwyf brolw yd brobrev
Seith ben dyvet breisc am gedam gadev
Priodawr Prydein prem preydev
Preid preidwyr preidwalch gyfreyev.
Preslen fur pryssur pres olev
Presswy lyawa vrrchawg veiach gwinev
Gwynfydic gwrvrydic vrydev
Gwyn wyd k [...]ad keinfyrd kysedev.
Gwyn fyd gwyr ywrawl devodev
Gwyn fyd keirdd beirniat wyf synnev
Gwr glewfyd yn evgrydaergreu
Gwr gole dic vyae ar wl [...]doedd indgev.
Gwrd varav kyfcan kyfreidiev
Gwrd vauyar gward var Gweudolev
Gwr o ddeugys lladd a llasnev
Rhudion llew dragon eywdreigev.

The seventh Part.

Dreir ehosyn ehaug y derfyn
Dragon rwyf rhwyd waith Gynselyn
Drogon vard dragou valeh fydyn
Dragonawl dragomoyf o dyn.
Kanaf wawd ir priawd a [...] pryn
Prif Arglwyd brolwyd bronheylyn
Breisc atlloed beird, borthloed berthyn
Brwysc hrwydev brwydyr deehrevdychrano
Brad bryneich braues ai Caullyn
Brawd a chwed gymyned gymyn
Gwrys ef nis dechrys dechryn
Y ougyr, y augerd nyt edwyn.
Gnawd vch knawe knydoed argolchyn
Ar llwybyr llawr neve llawr blwydyn
Llew llyffoed llysseid y dervyn
Llys ehorth, llyw y dorne llewyn.
Gwynt wossud llofrud lloegyr dylyn
Gwyr wosco wescord diergryn
Gwyrd wascar o wysraed keynmyn
Gwyn wyd kyrd keinfyrd kysedev.
Gwedy Medu a med Gooewyn
Am hyr wled am hylwlat y hyn
Am gedawl am gadev debyn
Am gyrd wawr am gyrn mawr melyn.
Gorpo hael hxelonaeth wobryn
Haul wedr [...]d hil mawrwud Merwyn
Gwawr gwe [...] d [...]yf gwendyt oe gylch [...]n
[...] wenwlad n [...]f gwyr adef gwyryn
Ag folly y Tirvni

Another Welch Prophesie of the same, ovt of a very ancient Manuscript, poi [...]ting out the Norman Conquest, and of their continuance till the coming in of King James, whose coming is layd out by an exact number of years, likewise of the miser [...]es that shall [...]ollow.

Advyd Engyl ar gychwn, chag lluedd llchlin a ffelydyr gos­gordd am geglew penrodd, a dygyf [...]r o b [...]l [...], a C [...]roes Ch [...]st yn kymell, a p [...]lav Bethlem [...]a Chaers [...]l [...]m, a gorvoda fvddar ge­nedl vedydd, a dwy flynedd ddy [...]edd a hanuer y drydydd, advyd traiss [...] lledrad ag ymhell garriad, a ff [...]b ff [...]ls vwriad yngwlad vrvwtws, adfvd dial gau dduw am na wyr neb pavn ywhyd na bo newor [...]r rha [...] beyvsyu svw, as kowir y senit, Gwaith y b [...]irdh a biry, adfvd, Rhufain ymhobiu a rhyfel gwedi: a phau fo T. Blwyddin ar bym h [...]c a chrvgai [...] a C. C. C. A thrt no mis gwedi couqu st bastar, y dyveir y Normans, advydar d [...]irned havl, advyd drvd halen, advyd Chyalyd yd advyd byd Bo­hwman.

The Traansltion

Woe and misery unto the English, for they shall be driven to fly and forsake Brittain, by force of the Norman Armies and the Lyon with his Commanders H [...]lters and Bri­dels; then shall they sometim [...]s fight, som [...]times fly away then will the Cross of Christ, meaning the Church, be ready to for­sake Brittain, then shall Bethleh [...]m and Jerusal [...]m be pu [...]ished then the right Christians, meaning the B [...]ittains, shall be over­come; then shall the Normans and the English fight by fi [...]s [Page 31] and turns: woe then for oppression and theevery, and for want of love, and for false and malicious designs in the land of Bru­tus; Woe and revenge from God because they contend about another mans right, if the condition of the Saints and Beirdles be true: Woe, when Ro [...]e enters into every house, then shall be warrs: And when T. 76. years, and 300 and 3. nine Months comes; after the Conquest of a Bastard, meaning the Norman Duke, then the Race of the Normans in the Kingly Govern­ment rooted out, and extinct, then shall the malice of both (meaning the Normans and the Saxons) equally meet: Woe then for the Armies that shall sometimes fight, sometimes give over, sometimes here, sometimes there.

Here are three remarkable passag [...]s layd out: First the Norman Conquest: Secondly, the coming in of King James in a prefixed time: Thirdly, the wars that shall follow: And now to the time; first you have the letter T. which by the ancient customary number of the Brittains stood for 160

Being added to the tormer number of 378 makes 538

Now this number of 538. with the 3 odd Months above, is the very distance wi [...]hin a few Moneths between the Con­queror, and the coming in of King James.

In respect of conveniency and Concordance, I will annex one short prophesie of Merl n Ambrose, although out of its pro­per pl [...]ce.

Middywed of Arredeg, am gyfriwar ddammeg, Egni dav harry in bvdd hir i trwydded.

The Tra [...]slation, I will deliver in a swift manner touching some, mystically, that the Race of two Henrys▪ shall not long continue in the regal Gov [...]rnm [...]nt; read the Prophesies follow­ing, and you shall know who these Henries were.

Gweles hael o kul Anghawrawd
Ai gwelet gwelei ryfedawd
Mal Cada [...]n yn Cadwi bryawd
Mal Cadwr latwey a dyfawd.

That is, I have seen a liberal person, of the body of Angha­rawd, and as I saw him I have seen a wonder, like a mighty strong man keeping his Spouse, as a fierce keeper will he keep what he gets or recovers.

The second shall be Areverend Debyn, and Prophet, sometimes Bishop of St Davies in South-Wales, and the first Patron thereof.

A hausso heb yffro gwyllt
Hael oesawl o hil Ey [...]yllt
Gwerin yw o goron Owam
Vwch Ehod a dder charham.

The Translation, A well advised and wary Branch, liberal and well struck in years, which may challenge his discent from the Race of Eyffyllt shall set his own hand above the Wheel, fol.

The Third shall be Robin ddv, sometimes of Anglesey, a Bardh, Prophet and excellent Poet.

Ag yn y olyn cheoli, Ni biddvn Meddin i mi,
Nes kwni o Ais kynan, dindoethy riwai [...]au
Egnini or himpni hen, i daro agwaed yren,
Hwn a daw draw heb dra, o achoedd henynycha.

The Translation, And after him, meaning the red Lyon (as by the Kowyddi may appear) there shall none rule until one a­rise out of the Race of Conan dindaethwy, which Prince will be of his Consanguinity and share, and this will be a branch out of the ancient graft, which will meet and strike with the blood [Page 33] of Ierien; and this will come there (meaning to England) ve­ry merci [...]ul of th [...] anci [...]nt Race to be highest.

Robin Ddv.

The fourth shall be A [...]dafras, a Barah, Prophet, and a Poet. fol.

Talweithog Owain dan Arvav llifam
Gore unmabgau ddvw wyt ith ddamwam
Had lvwn hil Cynvn hwyliaut ynhervin
Ind rhaid yn achwyn rh [...]g i go [...]vd
Llewddawg fydduat, lle a vresk ynaut
Ar loegewys diroedd y Tervynaut.

The Translation, Princely Owen with his sharp Armes, to predict of such will be most dear and pleasing to the Son of God, in the end of times, they (meaning strangers) shall make their soits and requests to the Race of Cynwyn; but we need not complain for their miseries, their Armies wil be very pow­erful, plac [...]s will they Conque [...], or come to by oppression, but in England they shall have an end, or vanish: This Prophet is very provident to t [...]ke off scruples, that else might be suggested about Owen, lays him of Cynvyn.

Addafras.

The fift shall be Merthin Ambrose, a great Prophet

O hil Gynfyn gadaan balade a gedwi erchwyn Pau fo Gwinedd ydghyfedd, M [...]ad go [...]ewyn, Gwynfyded [...]g fvddo brvdd a Phrysaenyn kad kerdw dir kynvyn.

The Translation, From the Race of Cynvin the strong stump or tree, will come a man that wil win and preserve h [...]s rights; at such time when North-Wales is in a weak condition, he shall be a happy and first Prince: a Prince which wil kindle and ga­ther together an Army to recover and keep the Lands of Cyn­vyn.

The sixth shall be Mernhin Silvestris, which is clear and full, a famous Prophet.

P [...]u dyfv dav fred r or vn kyrnas, brvd ar wneithvr dial [...]m dir trwy dorf ynwyr am hir Alonas, Pon fo gwyr he [...] pen, a marchagion yn rhvdd, ag yn flaen llym frwgon, a figlo kaer R [...]vfam, a Chynwr yn y Twr gwyn yn llyndaiu, a llyndam mewn pychrin.

Taleithwg frenin a ddaw, ai fouedd or Aber fraw, Ag yno Arth ir kymrv sed yn fodlon, fe ar Goron wrth gyngor gweision.

The Translation, When two Brothers born in the same Kingdom cometh to England, with purpose to be revenged for Lands by force of Arms, as also for the death of their friend or kinsman; and this will come to pass when the Nation is without a Head or King, and Knights abroad, the tops of Ashes or Pikes very sharp; and when Rome trembles, combustion in the whi [...]e Tower in London, and London in fear.

Then shal come to England a King from a Princely Race, with his noble discent from Alerfrow in Anglesey, the anci­ent Seat of the Princes of North-Wales, then, or in such time when this cometh to pass let the Brittains sit stil at home and be quiet, while the great ones of England contend, for the Crown shall go at the dispose of the Subjects.

The seventh shall be Kilfardh, or Heinyn fardh, called by both names, who lived in the days of Taliesin, in North-Wales, an admirable Prophet.

Miath ofynaf pwy a fvdd Penaf Naf or Nawedigion, Iir gwedi krust hawl bennaf oc haeleon, hil gynawon fr [...]ink yn Eglwys difn doethon, Engil yn Englond gyfar gwynon, hyllt mal fydyll gweddill Brithon, Prvdor Alan, Pvmed gofyn oth ofynnongwed E. Hedin frenin Anfraint hirion ad­dileyir i dyledogwinoir tir ag ynwir Gwyn fydy gwyr pau gy­farron, [Page 35] a gwae hwynt dwyll wyr dall or Modd on, in wyby [...] i q. vd pa fyd fyddon yw kowir Yon.

The Translation, My question is, who wil b [...] chief Ruler of the nin [...]h Lord or Ruler: a Lord after the most liberal Christ will be chief or Head of all the Liber [...]ls. Examne his Highness disc [...]nt from Alan, the son of Owen ap Cadwgan, and you shal find it in the ninth degree.

The Rate of the F [...]ench comes to destr [...]y the Church, and the Engli [...]h in England will be equal with them, and the rem­nant of the Brittains will turn l [...]ke a wheel: Quest. If it be de­manded, when shal the Pawn of Alan be redeemed, then make Answer, it wil come to pass in the time of the fif [...] after E. the young, or childish King with the large Territories, but unjustly possessed thereof: That which will come from the bottom of North-Wales, shall bring woe to the Tennants or owners of estates, then shall right take place, happy are men when this com [...]s to pass, but woe be unto all blind, treach [...]rous and de­ceitful people, their hearts shall not imagine what miseries shall fall upon them, for their falsho [...]d to their true and faithful Lord. Examine further, and you shal find his Highness to be the fift after Edward the sixt that dyed in his tender years.

Ag am weddillo [...] Troya traws gynheniedd,
Ago adigrain, yby [...]d yllew yn gechwaed
Kwyn fan a brvs a a [...] y [...] Ang [...]yfed
A Choronar Ei on mon mam wynedd
I farch yn arfog yn erbin Cadav
Ai law o hil manaw miniaug arsav
Telienhiog Aberffraw hy [...]rtbi longav
Efa wysgir alma [...]n er ymlud ladav.
A llychlin ac gychwyn ir dehav
O Gwam ir [...]enwant, hwy a gyrehaut girch arddifino
Ag y na yn wir i darogeme y darogenav.

The Translation, The remnant of the Trojans shal receive [Page 36] wrongful bickerings, and the Lyon shall be coloured with blood hrough the mistake or error of his sword, then shal be morning and cond [...]ling, with nimble expedition to summon in new (but weak) supplies, and the Crown in command of the Stagg of Angles [...]y the Mother of North-Wales, whose Horse wil be compleatly fu [...]nished with Arms to rout his enemies Ar­my, and his Hand likewise wil b [...] furnished with sharp edged Sword and Weapons; and this person from the Princely Seat oi Aberffraw in North-Wales pursue his enemies at Sea with his g [...]llant Sh [...]ps as fa [...] as Germany; then shal Norway be in their flight towards the North; from Owen this Stagg wil be derived or descended, they shal make an Assault on Thurseday, then shal the Prophesies and Predictions be spoken of, and ma­nifested.

Our ninth shal be David Gorlleth, an excellent Poet, and Master of Arts, that lived 190 years ago, and his Songs are grounded on Taliesin and Merthins Prophesies.

Tir a fini Tarwofon, Tyrrav Cerrig y tair koron, a phair ganerr offireu, eauf ug y pvcredig bren gwr kyffrawn ar groghefyd, a thir y baedd a throy byd.

That the Bul of North Wales shal and wil get or conquer both the Lands and sumptuous Buildings belonging to the three Crowns; and this wil come to pass when God shal be served under the pure and growing Tree: This Bul or person wil be a just man, which wil own and bear the Cross, and get the Lands of the Boar, and turn the world.

Observe, least the Reader should cavil about the Bul and Conquest, here it is said (as a sure note) that the preaching of the painful Anabaptists wil be under growing trees; and when were such seen in England before? look again to the Cross in his Highness Arms, likewise foretold.

Our tenth shal be Doiud Nanmor, Bardh and Poet.

Madws yn wrth Ammodav, lygrv gw [...]r osewn lle [...]girgav ag ynill heb fawr genad, i tir hwynt oedd drefyu tad gwilli­wch waith gwelwch weithi n, eychinachvbi Rhin ni ad hwn onid hyny, vn sais yny bias i by.

Rhavl a gaiff e helint, llew Bloddin o Gynvin gynt, Ma­ner goch yn mytv e gwaith, ar M [...]linor Moreil waith kad wala dcc a ddvwed cef, wythriw ddawnoi we [...]thcred ef ych o gymrv yn gyrrvr gad, ar llewa ddifa e ll [...]vad.

The Translation, The time appoinnted by Proph [...]sies is at hand, to spoyl and destroy men of false England, and to get without leave, or conquer their Lands, formerly our rights, and here ofter behold and observe the work of the Ox, snatching and rec [...]vering h [...]s share: This Ox wil put the English in new ha­bi [...]s, the Sun sh [...]l have the Conquest and Glory; yet the Lyon of Bleddin ap Cynvin of old, with his red Bann [...]r, gaining the work, and the yellow from the Sea again: Kadwalader the happy wil revive by the coming and Conquest of this Lyon, an Ox from Wales, driving and commanding the Army; and a Lyon which wil destroy the Moon: fol.

There needs no Parraphrase on so cleer a Prophesie do but read it, and thou hast the real meaning of this Prophet [...]n pla [...]n words.

Our eleventh, whose name I have not met with, but his verdict is ful and clear, and out of dispute.

Korcnog fabau a din ir morvedd
O waylod lloeigir hia y gogledd.
Ef [...]wevn Asgella gyfvdoiomedd
I ynill prydam, hyny fvdd chyfedd.

[Page 38] The Translation, C [...]ronig fabau wil draw to the Seas from the hea [...]t of E [...]gland to the part of the w [...]rld, and he wil be that one wing which wil arise from North-Wales to Conquer great Brittain, and that shall be wonderful.

Coronog fabau gaif dir Brittain
I enw a dweinir ymhacla [...]ent llvndain,
Try gyng [...]r saith Iaith a faith vgain
Gwaer sois ai klvw onid ar ddamwain.

The Translation, Coronog fabau, wil possess the Land of Brittain, his name wil be famous and known in the Parl [...]ament at London, by consent of innumerable Languages; woe be un­to an English man that shal hear of him, unless from P [...]ophesies.

Coronog sabaa kredwch yn ddiav
Y grves feud gea ai fauctieddrwydd,
Ag yni er b [...]n in lydd din aflwydd,
Pau ymddengvs yn wir agyn ebrwydd.

The Translation, Coronog fabau wil take the signe of the holy and blessed Cross, there shal a stop prevent his enterprise when he shal nimbly start up and appear.

Coronog f [...]bau kredwch yn ddiav
A ddenfin lynges i aberdavgleddiav
Ag a gryn llengir pau glowr chwdlaw
Nis bawdd dwr dvr nis Mayddav

The Trans. Coronog fabau, as you may infall [...]bly bele [...]ve, wil send a Navy to Milford Haven, when the English enemy wil hear of it they shal quake; the power of water or Arms shal not destroy his life.

Our twelvth concludes with a Prophesie foretelling that the Brittish Conqueror hitherto agreed upon, shal be a Britain by the Paternal discent, and an Eng­lish man born, with a Narration of his Con­quest, both in grea [...] Brittain, & elsewhere

This Conqueror wil be a Brittain by the father side, and an English man born, and in his time wil be the greatest Armies of men then ever hath been heard of before In Brittain, through the strength of which he wil challenge his enemies to the field at the borders of Rivers and waters; and by strength of such Armies he wil drive Armies of Pagans to be drowned, he shal be a wolf with a open and devouring mouth to the strong which shal resist him, and as innocent as a Lamb to the weak and harmless: see further, and there you have this Pr [...]phesie at large.

Now followeth other very eminent Prophesies in the be­half of the Plaintif herein set out under these names, The Mould-warppe, the Flower de Luce, the Red Lyon, the Wolf, the White King, the Red Rose, fol. And these are the ancientest of all the rest, and there­fore more worthy of credit.

The first shal be Gwyon Bath, a great Prophet, and the antientest of all the rest, fol.

A llyf Crev, a lliw ffrev or ffrwyn,
Lladei dreig, ar dragon prylwyn,
Try llyw Coch, try llew dr [...]ch drachwyn,
Am evr frwydyr, am evr grwyd, r evrgwyn.

The Translation, That cruel str [...]ams of blood shal run on his enemies sides, which sh [...]l leave a scarlet hue on his B [...]idle; he shal u [...]terly destroy both the Serpent and the D [...]gon, l [...]ke­wise the three R [...]d Lyons, whose destruction shal be be [...]oan­ed; and then shal be a condoling of former sustained miserys, tyranny and oppressions, fol.

The second shall be Merlin Silvestris, who flourished in the time of King Arthur, and upon demand of the King who should be the last King that should Reign in Brittain: Merlin laid out the six last King, with their par [...]icular desti­n [...]es; and the last of these six is set out and cal­led by the name of the Mould-warpp, of him at present in short, till you meet with him at large. Fol.

In the the time of wars and troubles, and troubles, and when the Moula-warpp, and his people shall fall to a great streight, [Page 41] The Mould-warp and the Dragon will be pursued by the Lyon and his party so violent, tha [...] he and they will be driven for want of aid, to convey himself very poor in [...]o a Ship, and then here and there upon the Sea, at l [...]st will l [...]nd in a place that the Sea deserted, and then will this Mould-warp offer two parts of his Dominions to them that will recover his Dominions to him and his people, afterwards he shal dye for sorrow, and afterwards his children shall be fatherless, and live in a strange Land for evermor [...]; and this Mould-warp shall be the last King that shall raign in Brittain of the Saxon or Norman Race. fol.

The third shall be Merlin Ambrose of C [...]er Merthin, who flou­rished in the dayes of King Vortigern. This Prophecy runs on two white Kings that should in the the latter times raign in this Island of Brittain.

In the latter dayes of the white Dragon, there shall arise in great Brittain a white King, and then will the race of Strangers divide themselves in three parts through discord and wars, this white King shal run with peace at the beginning, and wars at the latter end of his raign, and after this will be driven to ride and flye, and in his flight will he fall, and in his fall he will fall head-long in the bird-lime, afterwards wil it be said in mockery of him, where is your white King.

Afterwards wil arise a second white King, who wil steer his course towards the rising of the Sun, and to the Country of the other Sun, in whose time, it wil be said through great Brittain, he is a King, he is not, shortly after wil he lift up his head and make apparent that he will be a King of many Principalites, unconstant and false unto him, afterwards wil this white King gather together an Army, and j [...]yn with the Eagle of the North, whose army wil be triangle-wise divided, then wil he strike a­gainst the Eagle that keepeth Brittain; then wil this white King be surrounded or besieged, and after a sharp dispute, this white King wil fal.

[Page 42] The whole Nation wil justifie this verdict to be upright and true, as far as it is accomplished.

Our fourth shall be Johannis de R [...]perissa.

When the greatest estate be cast down, then shall a man arise out of the North-west in a cloud, as black as the bil of a Crow, then shal the Lyon be loosed out of his bands, the best that e­ver was since Sampsons time, four battles shal be fought, &c.

Ʋske shal run of blood, and Brecknock water shall do the same, the beast shal mark at Brecknock water, the Lyon shal roat at Lemster Hil, and shal weep for these Skirmishes, then streams of blood shal run, afterwards the Rose female and her flowers for ever shal fail, then Kent shal laugh and Essex mighty shal make the Cross of Canterbury bow.

Our fifth shall be Fryar Bacon a notable and substantial Prophet, who prophecyed of the destiny of the Mould-warp.

Gweddich chag kyngoc y Twckys kymniedig
Chag mynuvi geudfyned yn augeed
A thaoi oc wadd kythveilige, somgar,
E hon a wahir ddir oc Fvdd gatholig,
Gwae a gotto gidag of a Gwaeynte
Ar nisiv a so yni amfer kymcva saeson
Nafvd estconion, kodwch yn i ecbib gida maby dyn,
Chwi agewch weled y gooes sendigud
A chwiyn bena ach krudiniaeth yn dda
Ar Twrk auianol, yn torri yni gauol
A gyrror kythreiliaid or tir bendigaid
A chuelcigaredd Jusswai fowredd
Ally wenydd gwlad net, ich eneidie
A hedd wch tragwyddol a fydd yn ol
In ddi aud lawd, oni chotto pawb yn i gnawd.

[Page 43] The Translation, Pray against the wicked ways and practise of the Turk, left you of Believers shal become infidels, and turn the divilish sowr Mould-warp the same way, who shal depart from the true Catholick Faith, wo shal come to him and to those which wil arise to take his part: I exh [...]rt both English and Welch that wil live in his time, to rise against him and to side and fight with the Son of man, with whom you shal see the h [...]ly Cross, and you chiefly having strong faith shal see the great Turk breaking in the middle, then the Devils shall be scoured away from the holy Land, then shal you receive the rich mercies of Jesus, and the Joy of Heaven to your Souls, then, or afterwards shal be everlasting peace in great plenty, until the last Resurrection.

Our sixt shal be Rees Gochoryri, a Prophet and an excellent Poet.

Endrvcb r hagr ddcvch hen
Am x Malhenne Maxen
Llythycen r ychendid
A laddy fflam wadd ai fflaid
Kigyddion hwn gwn ganmil
A gwewir ai gyr ar gil
Arffo idda or Fair ddig
In ecys ni ddaw orig,
Kunsel yn y sattela fvdd
Aboad tau i bacwydvdd
Elud fwytwy ai fwyall
Yn y ddar fal kysarkall.

The Translation, Look to the black and grim Prophecy (here called Looking-glass) and there thou shalt find a name with the Letter x in it like Maxen. This letter wil procure heaviness and sorrow, and wil destroy the fiery Mould-warp and his party; the persecutors of this Mould-warp wil chase and force him to flight, and he wil flye cut of the angry fire, [Page 44] but wil not tarry nor return in haste, then a Council wil come from the Army, and his destruction or death shal be between his houses, and this great Oak shal be destroyed with an Ax.

Our seventh wil be Jollo Goch a Prophet and Poet.

Flow-delows mel dilvs du
Mal d [...]en i blodevu
Keingkiav Amal yn Amlwg
Heasiayd odd vwkiaid a dwg
Ni bvdd hen wydd o hown
Bcenhinol ceyol r vn.

The Translation, That the Flower Deluce like the Daysies wil blossom very fair, and wil put out long and visible branches of Dukes, but none of them shal become old trees to enjoy a royal Crown.

Our eight shal be David Gorleth a Master of Arts, and an excellent Poet.

Rhwnaddaw draw irdcni, A seydir yn y fyddni, i sevd a fvdd kynvddkwyn, coi i facw civy forwyn, yn ol hin anial hannes, y wadd a ladder nadlles, y twrch dayar au war eind, Daw o bethyn diwino bid melldigedig ddig ddygvi, o enav dowyn anad vn.

The Translation, He that wil come there to the battle, wil be destroyed in the same, whose purpose wil be to put the race of the Virgin to death: after this the Mould-warp shal kil but to no purpose; this unruly Mould-warp for a time wil prove the bane and destruction of the Nation, being the most unhap­py of all his Predecessors, as is testified by the mouth of God.

Our ninth shal be John de Beidlington, a notable Prophet, that sets out the destinie of the red Lyon, whose name is said to begin with the Letter C.

A Beernsul Borle there shall blow
Ʋnder a Mountain upon a bow
Asplayed Eagle there men do know
Shall make a C. standard to sweat and fow
There shall fretfulness splay fawl
Of them shall win the mount
Daughty Knights there shall cry and cawl
And many one man that day shall dee
A Bull a bastard together meet
Shall fight in field full manfullie
The red blood shall run his race in the strife
And many a Daughty that day shall dee
The red Lion shall made be micken,
And come down from Monntain hye
B [...]leeve befawl under the feet
And in yernes brink slayen shall he be
When the Albanats blood beginneth full to flee
They shall be driven down into a valley
The fairest flower there left shall he.

Our tenth shal be a Prophet of a clear verdict.

Mi ddyweday ac cedeg am gyscio ar ddamcg
Egin davharri ni bidd hir i tnwydded.

The Translation, I wil deliver in a short way touching some mystically, that the race of two Henrys shal not long continue in the Regal Government.

This verdict proved too true for their

unhappy Race. Hen. 7, 8.

The eleventh shal be Taliesin.

Then the Allegiance of the Normans wil be cut off and the Crown wil slip to the Eagle of Wales, and this wil produce [...] happy word, and new Laws.

When this Belinus our great Conquerour wil appear, times of thraldom and perplexity wil vanish, then the two whelps wil be dismiss'd of their seized dens, and these two wil be crowned, and their Armies wil be ful of jealousies, two Keepers which wil not k [...]ep their Meares and Territo [...]ies, two which wil be c [...]owned, but fierce and of large dimensions, liberal and of the race of Griffith, and these two Kings shal cal the loyal and faithful, false and treacherous; and these wil not divide and share.

And surely there shal be eighteen years of peace, and after this feasting time, there wil succeed twelve years of wars, and this wil come to pass very cunning and politique according to Predictions, and then wil Lands be conquered from the Sea, and the Eagle of Brittain with advice of his wise Council and strength of his Army, and sharp Arms, wil surely overcome and conquer.

These that follow under the name of Koronog Fabau belong to the conquering Prince spoken of throughout this book, this word Coronog Fabau may be taken in a double sense, and of a double application by the ignorant in the scope of Prophecies, as it was applyed to King Charles, being the Son of Anne, but clean contrary to the scope of this Prophe­cy, as it shal be made apparent, the second application, that it alludes to a person that may challenge a lawful inte­rest to a Crown by ancient discent, or right of succession, as herein is manifest.

1.
Koronog fabau Medd Taliesin
A hyny a ddavll enir yn llysce Merthin
Yng hanoli ous i Rhuthur yw elin
Ag yni ddiwedd i bydd brenin.

The Translation, Koronog fabau saith Taliesin, and these are read in the books of Merthin, in his mid age wil run furi­ous to his enemy, and in his latter dayes wil be a King.

2.
Koronog fabau dyma beth chyfedd
Chag ofn kafad, i kilia ir gogledd
Af a gill yn ll [...]eigir Argliwyddi amowridd
Ag uto brenni fvdd yn i ddiwedd.

The Translation, Koronog fabau wonderfully wil betake himself to the [...] to avoyd a storm, he shal lose in Eng­land, Lordships and greatness, and yet he shal be a King be­fore his end.

3.
Koronog fabau Meddhen
Proffwyd or Almaen yn Abe [...]gass [...]s
A gill yn i fiemgtid y Goron adyl [...]dis
Agyn i henauit i bidd gwrdownis.

[Page 48] The Translation, Koronog fabau, saith an ancient Prophet from Almaxia, in his youth wil lose the Crown due unto him, but in his old age wil be a man of might and greatness.

4.
Koronog fabau Medd proffwyd Acall
Estodiws Esgob a fvdd Angall
Pau el yn i henamt i ladd a bwyall
Ag yn i swing tid yn farwnr Angall.

The Translation, Koronog fabau (saith Estodius a Pro­phet and Bishop, w [...]l be unwise, when he shal go in his old age to kil with an Ax, and in his youthful years an unwise Judg.

5.
Koronog fabau a gyfid lynges
Medd Sibli ddoeth a fv scenhnines
Ag ir Twrkiaed fe a wneif atles
Foi chag hwow indous Neges

The Translation, Koronog fabau (saith wise Sibil the Queen) wil prepare a Navy, which wil be very hurtful to the Turks, and it wil not avail to flye from him.

6.
Koronog fabau meddr Apostolion
A wna oysuddodymysg r Iddewon
Par iddino gredv fal gristnogion
I Grvst a gvlles ir waed i galon.

The Translation, Koronog fabau (saith the Apostles) wil do a wonder amongst the Jews, he wil convert them Christi­ans, and draw them to believe in Christ that lost his pure blood for them.

7.
Koronog Fabau medd lfyfrav Rhvfain
Ef a dvos sorweddi dir y dwyravi
I ddwyn koronav ynoly damvain
Ag i dwyn vcddas i d ir Pcydain.

[Page 49] The Translation, Koronog fabau (saith the Prophecy book of Rome, wil go over Seas towards the Land of the To conquer Crowns according to such Prophecies, and to bring honour to the Land of Brittain.

8.
Koronog fabau a gaiff sawr vrd [...]as
Medd hen proffwy laelwyd Gildas
Ag yn R [...]nsein d [...]e fe a wn [...]iff Barkas
Ai gasogion fyvt [...] mewn Antchos.

The Translation, Koronog fabau (saith ancient Gildas) wil b [...]come to high esteem and honour, in the Territories of Rome he wil make a purchase, and his enemies wil fal into misery.

9.
Coronog Faban kovdwch yn ddiav
Yn hur Babilon i kysid Eglwysav
Brenin Koronog fiddyn ddiamav
Gwae r Twrkiai [...] pau ddvl [...] wdifav.

The Translation, Koronog Fabau (beleeve assuredly) wil raise Churches in Babylon: A crowned King wil he be without doubt, wo be unto the Turks, when he comes to destroy them.

10.
Koronog Fabnu a gysld ddvdd gweuer
Yn erbin Gog a Magog ai hannifer
Ag a cvd i fattel dau i fauer
Gwaer Sarasemaid pau ddelr Anifer.

The Translation, Koronog Fabau on a fryday wil give a bat­tle to Gog and Magog and their multitudes, and then wo be unto the Sarazens, when he wil appear against them.

11.
Koronog Fabaa medd doethion Rhnfain
Yn ol amser Jessvmab rhvain
Mil Pvmkaut deg a ffedwar vgain
A ddieliff dracha g wyr tre llmdain.

The Translation, Koronog Fabau (saith the wisemen of Rome) after the year of Jesus the Son of the Virgin 1590 wil render vengeance on the Londoners for their merciless contempt and cruelty.

12.
Koronog Fabau pau ddeli henaint
Trwy nevth s [...]sso pen r holl saint
A fin gyfiownder yw hollgiraint
Er i svd heddiw yn salw ddiscaint.

The Translation, Koronog Fabau when he becomes aged, through the assistance of Christ (head of all his Saints) will pro­cure Justice and Equity to his own, although at present of small account.

13.
Koronog Fabau medd Merddin Emris
Ar gwra elwir J [...]hannis Colosencis
Yn i sieug id [...] bidd gwrofn [...]s
Ag yn i benaint i biddgwr grymis.

The Translation, Coronog Fab [...]u (saith Merthin Ambros and the Prophet called Johannis Coll scencis) in his youthful years will be a fearful man, but in his latter dayes wil be migh­ty powerful.

15.
Coronog Fabav a ddensin dau yrgill
At y gwr a foyn kadw r kestill
Ag yna choddir manneravyni fefyll.
Gwae Arglwydd Rhaglan pau welor pebill.

The Translation, Co [...]onog Fabau wil convey private messa­ges [Page 51] to the Keepers of Castles and G [...]rrisons, then shal Banners be set up, and woe be unto the Lord of Rhaglau at the sight of these terrors.

16.
Coronog Fabau Medd Rhees er yri
A dd [...]nfni lynges i Abertifi
Ag yn sswydd be [...]sco i bidd gweiddl
P [...]u ddeli wyr i die heb b [...]lli.

The Translation, Coronog Fabau (sa [...]th Rees Goch of Sno­d [...]n hill) wil send a Navy to Cardigan, and in Pembroke-shire wil be lamentable crying, when his men wil ente [...] in by force. see p. 17.

17.
Coronog Fabau a gaiff i gyfarch
Er iddo yn lloegir gaffael Amarch
Ef a ddianike o ddwylo hil llowarch
Fal i dienig vs Jonas o folar Morfarch.

The Translation, Coronog Fabau shal have high respect and honour, although in England slighted for a time, he shal escape the Stratagems plo [...]ted against him by the race of Llowarch, as Jonah from the belly of the whale. see the 19, 20. in p.

21.
Coronog Fabau wedi mawr Amrafael
Ar foroedd a thirvedd a chwerwryfel
Efai kleddir medd r Archangel
Yn nyffrin Jehosaphat yn ytiryssel.

The Translation, Coronog Fabau after his great Conquest and troub [...]es by Sea and Land, he shal b [...] buried (saith the Archangel) in the bottom of the valley of Jehosaphat.

Here followeth the Principal of, or these names given by the Ancient Prophets to know the Coronog Fabau or the prophecyed Brittish Conqueror, which will win the holy Cross through Christ­endom.

Pymthag enwarweini awg ar hwn ad weinir r hawg Mae ith gwmpas ail Josswy fil e henwe Amroy, Rob. Ddv.

Sai [...]h Robin Ddv this Conqueror bears 15 chief names, but a thousand names besides belong unto him.

The 15 names are these.
  • 1. The Sibils called him the second Lyon of great Brittain, whose [...]ays wil be distinguished into three notable times, the first time wil be impatient, weak and angry with him. The second time he wil dest [...]oy and burn. The third time he wil build Churches and Towns, and convert Jews and Pagans to the Christian Fai [...]h.
  • 2. The Angel Taliesin called him the Bull with the large Territories.
  • 3. Merlin Ambros called him the King of the weak Nati­on.
  • 4, Merlin Silvestris called him the Bull of a triplicite na­ture.
  • 5. St. David called him, the Son of the Man.
  • 6. St. Thomas called him the Ki [...]g of Virgi [...]ity.
  • 7. Evan Feidwy called him the King of the black Stags.
  • 8. Ban [...]ster called him the King of the Foord of Tyfod­dvon.
  • [Page 53] 9. Beder called him the Eagle of the Race of the cleer Lan­guage.
  • 10. Mr. Talktan called him the Unicorn.
  • 11. St. Jerman called him the faithful Serpent, which wil conquer the Kingdom of the Saxons.
  • 12. Alan the Monk called him the Golden Lyon, which will take the wing of a Dragon and flye to Rome.
  • 13. Moluigail Abbot of Ireland called him the sixt of Ire­land which wil not submit to no mans Ordinance, but to God.
  • 14. Arpheus a Patriark called him, the best of the who wil destroy his enemies of England, conquer most part of the world, subdue the Turk and the Pope in whose time shal be wonders heard, and the fall of Prin­ces.

Manifest signs and tokens to know and discern the prophecyed Conqueror when he comes.

This Conquerour by consent of P [...]ophets, wil be meek and lowly, without pride or wilful contempt, That he wil keep and preserve his bod [...] in his youthful years in capacity of war­like affairs, till he takes that great charge in hand, and wil hold on in that car [...]ful preservation til he makes an end of his Con­quest, both in great Brittain, and elsewhere, and until he makes a full Conquest of his enemies, and winne the holy Cross.

[Page 54] This Conquerour wil be a Brittain by the fa [...]hers side, but an Engl [...]sh-man born, and in his time wil be the greatest Ar­mies of m [...]n, that ever was heard of before in Brittain, with which he wil chall [...]nge his enemies to the field at the borders of Rivers and waters, and by strength of his great Armies he wil drive Armies of Pagans to be drowned. That he wil be a Wolf with open and devouring mouth to the strong that wil resist him, and as innocent as a Lamb to the weak and harm­less.

Further, the Prophets have foretold that he wil be Empe­rour of Rome, and that he wil conquer Africa, and from thenceforth wil he be called the Cock of the Brittaines, and he wil be the sixt, which wil make his way from Ireland to the holy Land.

A notable Prophecy written in English 200 years ago in ancient Court-hand, setting out the Kingly Govern­ment successively from Henry the eight to his Highness the Lord Protector that now is: And also what shall follow in the future, father'd on John de Brittlington.

Barneys ne battles Brittaint shall be
And barnes on bellys bloo
The fourth Branch of the tree shall dee
That lost hath bowes mo,

The Exposition. Here the Prophet begins at Henry the eight by the name of a Tree: And that Edward the sixt here set out by the fourth branch shal succeed: and dye without Issue.

Warre shall wake and wo begin
But wisdom shall hi [...] were
Cities shall not see for sin
How sowr is their Supper.

Expo. In the raign of this subtle Queen is foretold that the Protestants shal be subject to woful misery, that the sins of the Romish Persecutors shal cry for vengeance through the Ci­ties, and that the supper or life of the faithful Servants of God shal be made sowr and bitter.

A Dame shall deame and make great aim
And do no other air
For bliss shall breed: Bale shall blyme
Through bounty of the Bear.

Expo. After a storm comes fair weather; here a tender Dame is brought in, that wil lament and condole the former mi­series of the Church and faithful Members thereof, and do them no other dire or harm, in whose raign blessedness shal breed and grow, and the Jefuites, the Priests of Baal, shal be scowred and scourged away through the goodness and bounty of this Queen, which wil prove as fierce as a Bear to the ene­mies of God and his Church.

When all the boughs are waxen black▪
The Bole is set at naught
Then wrong wis death waits after wrack
For work unwisely wrought.

Expo. When all the Children of King Henry the eight wither away and dye without Issue, the Bole or old Henry wil be set at na [...]ght, or out of memory, then death waites for destruction, for works unwisely wrought, meaning the elect­ing of the Scottish Race for the Kingly Government.

Intercessions for a new Soveraigns sake
Old soares shall be upper sought
The lettur X lasses big in lake
The beast on lost be brought.

Expo. Then when the new Soveraign comes into England old sores and quarels wil he revived, which wil pl [...]ng the Let­ter C Lasses or Presbyterian Ministers in a Lake of confusion, and that on beast King James brought in shal be left or dye.

A red Lyon shal ramp and rush
Whose rules shall rue that Race
The Twyborn foalk of out a pace
Graceless shall decrease.

Expo. King Charles is here set out by the name of the red Lyon: Red in respect of blood-shed in his time rud within his Dominions, this red Lyon shal ramp and rush, or rule and act unadvisedly, whose rules shal rue that race of the Scots, and their graceless high-way men called into his wars shal be destroyed.

Then holy Church shall hearme hent
And four years stand in strife
And meet and feitcht ouer about
As though they seclere were.

Expo. In the time of the red Lyon aforesaid wat shal arise, when both parties shal sometimes meet and fight, and somtimes fetch supplyes over, about, or from beyond Seas, which wil shrewdly trouble the holy Church for four years.

The Christian Rose shall rufully be rent
With sin and Sinmoneys assent
Ʋnbeset over sides sore.

[Page 57] Exposition. In the Precedent Prophecy the Prophet tells us that the holy Church shal be troubled during the warre, but here he tells us that the same shal be wofully rent, and that in the time of Calmenes Oraster the fury of the warres, the au­thor hereof did very well foresee our present divisions occasion­ed by the cavilling humor of our Sectaries, which wil beset the Church over every side sore, the Prophet tells us further that Church-livings wil be sold or taken away from the Ministers.

A well shall rise with rime and reme
That Reme shall into Room.
And keuse of Care by Crede and Creame
The keys of Christendom.

Expo. A Well or fountain of trouble shal rise in the Church: which shal fal into the Popes Palace at Rome, so likewise over all Europe, which wil continue by consent of all Prophecies un­til a reformed Princes comes with his key of uniformity to com­pose the difference in the Church according to in primive puri­mitive puritie. vide fol.

A Branch out of a farther Bea [...]
Shall big his bowre in Broom
Crownes at Callice Colen Jerusalem
Encline to his shall come.

Expo. Take notice that the red Lyon was the last King here spoken of, and next to him in succession comes in a branch out of a further beam, both the red Lyon and this branch is here implyed to come by descent from the race of the Britane, the red Lyon from Owen Tudor or Prince Griffith ap Llewallis, and this Branch from a further Beam, as from Owen ap Cad­wgan ap Blethin, ap Cynvin Prince of Powis, being further or far before the time of Owen Tudor, to this Branch shal Callice, Colen, and Jerusalem come and encline by their Embassadours.

That Branch the Monks son hath said
Shall win all that is l [...]st
Men full in folly arrayed
He all bring into rest.

Both the Author hereof and Merlin Ambros the Monks son harmoniously consent that that Branch formerly spoken of shal winne all the ancient right, liberty, f [...]eedom and Territories wh [...]ch the Brittains formerly enjoyed, and the great ones here said to be fully arrayed in folly, this Branch shal bring into rest, and that by power of the Sword.

Then a battle shall be brayed
Where Kings shall down be cast
And Eagle with Banners broad
Shall bear down of best.

All is not yet done in Israel, nor on the borders of Brittain it seems, another bat [...]le is yet to be expected, and a great one too (if this be true) where Kings in their own person wil ap­pear, and be heads of the slaughter, but to the encouragement of this Common-wealth, in the next place it is said that an Ea­gle with Banners broad wil bear down of best, this Eagle wil be the Brittish Conqueror that wil stand for the Ca [...]holick Faith spoken of before, which wil be the chief instrument of beating down the said Kings.

This Eagle gives us gifts three
That none could give before
In Babylon this brine boure shall be
With bellyes and Banners born.

This Eagle gives us (I say to us of this Island of Brittany) gifts three, viz. liberty, peace, and victory, which none could give before whose Banners shal extend to Babylon, and shake the power of that grand enemy of Christians.

A sign of peace there men shall see
That long time hath belorne
Of Europe Affrick and Asia
He shall hold up the Horn.

Notwithstanding the broyles and distractions both at home and abroad (being preparations for settlement and reformati­on, yet wil shortly appear to the face of the world, and that by the means of the said Eagle, as the chief Instrument thereof under God) that this Eagle I say, wil be Conqu [...]rour and on­ly Emperour of Europe, Affrick, and Asia, and a Reformer of Controversies both in Church and State.

Take no [...]ice of the Branch lately spoken of, who is said to win all that is lost, and to bring the great ones into rest; and of this Eagle it is said that of Europe, Affrick, and Asia he shal hold up the horn, both do the same work therefore but one person, in this beginning of his progress, a branch, in the end, or in his full Conquest and subduing of Kingdoms and Nations, then an Eagle, and of this Eagle read more in fol.: And now you have an end of this Prophecy, delivered without Riddles but in harsh Language.

A welch Prophecy delivered by Merlin Ambrose of Caermen­thin, written in old manu-script many years ago, of two white Kings that shall arise in Brittany in these latter times, shewing that the first of the said Kings shall fall in a snare, that the second will be driven to fly away, and after­wards bring an Eagle with him to attempt the conquering of Brittany, but this white King shall fall in a storm, and the Eagle his Comrade shall be driven to flye away by the Eagle of B [...]ittany.

Yn nivedd a in [...]er y ddraig wen, i derchre kymrv law [...] hav yn llawen, o Archos gweled i llvn yn myned un dritha­rian.

  • [Page 60]1. vn or Tair chan a dinne i bwll r hon a gyforth ager ag ysswalt y dwyrain.
  • 2. r ail chan a dyn oddiyma ir werddon r bwn a ddigrifir yn llaweno Arddymir y Gorllewn.
  • 3. A thrydydd chan y llvn a drig yn ywlad yn ddifvdd, a Gor­wag a diystir i kymer pawb y hi.

The Translation, Towards the latter end of the time of the white Dragon, the Brittains will begin to cheer up themselves, and to take courage, when they find the race of the said Dra­gon dividing themselves in three parts.

  • 1. The first part whereof wil betake herself to a Bottom, which wil be enriched with the houshold Treasures of the
  • 2. The second part wil withdraw from hence to Ireland, the which wil joyfully rejoyce w [...]th the possessions of the
  • 3. The third part of the said race wil continue here in Brit­tain, in great distress, the which wil be stighted and of no re­pute amongst men.

Now take the whole of this Prophecy according to its Translation.

A fiery Bale will come from the North which will swallow Scotland in her mantle, and by the glympse and light of this Bale, will the Island flye together, and after this, the wings of the great ones will be pluckt off, and then, shall these great ones fall to perdition.

And from this fiery Bale shall proceed a spark, and from the sedition of this spark the Islands will start, and then will a Court Parl or Council be called in the sight of the chiefest, or head, which will cause the second distemper or falling out to be worse then the first.

And after the death of the Lyon of peace, shall arise in great Brittain a white King of royal discent, who will flye in peace the beginning of his raign, and after that he will ride, and then flye in sway the second time, and in his flight he will fall, and in that fall, he will fall he adlong in the Bird-lime or snare.

[Page 61] And from thenceforth, it wil be said in contempt and meck­ery, where is your white King?

And after this wil arise another white King, who wil go and travel towards the rising of the Sun, and where the other Sun lies, in which time, wil it be said through great Brittain, he is King, he is not K [...]ng, and shortly after this, this white King wil lift up his head, and make it apparent, that he is a King of many Dukedoms and Principalities, yet false and treach­erous unto him, and in this time wil be the time of the Kites, and a time of sadness to the Doves, and then the Ravens wil be ravenous, for what men can get to their hands by hook and by crook they count as their own.

And this miserable time wil continue for seven years, within which time, wil the weak and poor be oppressed, and shed­ding of blood within places consecrated, and the Clergy shal fall and fail in places many, that which one man sows, another wil reap, and enjoy, and then wil death prevail against the lives of the poor, and yet for all this misery, there wil be but few that shal perfectly love one another, for what truce soever wil be made in the evening, wil be broken in the morning.

After this the Chicken of the Eagle wil come in from the North, upon horse of trees, and through the rough and stor­my Sea wil fail, and make his level towards great Brittain, and then wil he give a touch to the Eagle that keepeth the Island, and after this, there wil be warres within great Brittain for a year and a half, within which space buying and selling wil fail; for every man wil study how to keep his own, whatsoever one man wil commit to his purse, another shal possess and enjoy.

And then wil the white King with all his Army, betake him­self to the old place hard by a cunning stream, where his ene­mies wil give him the meeting, and then wil he be surrounded or besieged in three places like the model of a Target, by the several parties, and then wil he strike at his enemies, and [Page 62] and so assault and defend himself as well as he can, and then af­ter a long fight this white King wil fall and have his end in the storm or ba [...]tle, and after this the Eagle wil nest or root himself the rocks or st [...]ength of great Brittain; th [...]s wil not fall in his youth, nor come in his old age, and he shal maintain peace within the Kingdom.

Reader, you may dive into the mistery of this prophecy without an Interpreter.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros directly pointing out these times, part whereof you have delivered by the fourth Juror in the last Enquest.

When the greatest estate be cast, then shal a man rise out of the North-west, in a cloud as black as the bil of a Crow, then shal the Lyon be loosed out of his bands, the best that ever was since Sampsons time.

Four battles shal be fought

1. The first at Gloster and Wales, then shal Sword come over the Sea with spear and shield, and the red Lyon with many Knights of the North shal come to the Battle.

2. L. M. shal come to the second battle of Gladsmore, whensoever it shal be, a Guest at Milford haven shal land.

3. The third battle at R [...]sse and Barnslay Moor before Ca­marthen.

4. The fourth, in Florswen, a proud skirmish shal be, Ʋsk shal run of blood, and Brecknock-water shal do the same, and beast shal mark at Brecknock water.

The Lion shall roar at Lemster-hill, and shall weep for these Skirmishes.

1. At the headless Cross besides Gloster shal many thou­sand be slain.

2. At St. Donnes, the Cock of the North shal crye alas that ever he was Lord.

3. At Werborn proud skirmish shal be

4. At Colbrook this Guest his banners shal spread, and in Honslo heath betwixt a Park and a Bridge of tree, the unbridled horse d [...]ubtless shal dye.

Streams shall runne of blood, and the Rose Female and her Flowers for ever shall fail.

A Dragon out of the Tower shall destroy the falsest of the Ci­ty, then Kent shall laugh.

And Essex mighty shall make the Cross of Canterbury bow, and a Clerk of Cambridge sh [...]ll it crave.

A red Fox shall come out of a wall, with as many craf­ty wyles as he can devise, I read or told you, Masters all, de­fend you, for oddes shall sit in your Assize, then the Towns shall swim against the stream, when the dead man sit in his room, then shall the world turn up side down, and grace shall grow to every man that walketh in his way, all men shall en­joy the main resurrection, but especially men of Religion, name­ly all men that have been true, and false men then shall run and truth shall rest in every man, and in joy and mirth shall [...]nd their lives.

After the coming of the red Fox, or dead man you see what [Page 64] happiness is promised to loyal and religious men, with a happy reformation to the Church. nay a golden Age if you consider it with diligence:

Now followeth an account of Merlin Silvestris (or of the wood) commonly called Merlin Wilt and also Merlin Callidonius, and so called from the forrest of Callidon in Scotland where (as some have suggested) he lived most part of his life.

But (on the contrary) by consent of credible ancient Hi­stories left in writing, This Merlin was the Son of Morvrin, who lived in Nankonwy in Caernarvonssire, North-Wales. Merlin had a sister called Gwendolina, or Gwenddidd in wel [...]

This Merlin Wilt was sometimes distempered in his wi [...], especially in May, June, July, at which time and season, he would betake himself to the Rocks and Woods of both side [...] of Nankonwy, and there he made for himself Summer-houses of green bought, and was carefully lookt unto and fed (during his fits) by his kind sister Gwendolina, unto whom out of his fits he would deliver his prophecies which she carefully wrot [...] and safely kept.

Gwendolina saw five notable Rev. lations touching the [...] of great Brittain, which she delivered to her Brother Merlin to be expounded, these Revelations with their Exposition [...] you have as followeth.

The first Revelation of Gwendhvdd.

My dear and most loving brother, as I slept on a night in my bed, I supposed my self to be waking, then and there I saw my self walking in a fair and large field wherein I saw numerous small heaps of stones, and amongst these small heaps, I saw few and thin great heaps of stones likewise, then I saw a mul­titude of people carrying away the stones from the small heaps, and pouring these stones unto the great heaps, and for all this carriage I have not seen the small heaps diminished, nor the great heaps increasing or augmented, the wonder of this Reve­lation hath troubled my mind to this hour.

The Interpretation whereof delivered by her brother Merlin.

Gwendolina my dearly beloved Sister, be not thou discoura­ged at thy revelation; for it tendeth to thy comfort, and be thou confident that the field which thou sawest signifieth this Island of great Brittain, and the small heaps of stones signifieth the Commonalty of all sorts which get their living through the Industry of their labour, and which do put their whole trust and confidence for their sustenance in the Almighty God.

The great heaps which thou sawest, signifies the whole no­bility and great ones of this Island, the multi ude of people which thou sawest carrying away the stones from the small heaps and pouring of them into the great heaps, signifi [...]s the Servants, Bayliffs, and Stewards of the nobility and great ones, which are and which will be hereafter: These, by fraud, op­pression, and sinister ways and means wi [...]l squeeze the poor and weak, sometimes by colour or pretence of Offices, sometimes in colour of the Legal power, sometimes by fraud and oppre­ssion, and sometimes by Robbery and Thievery. And where­as thou sawest the great heaps not i [...]creasing or growing bigger by the carriage of the small heaps into them, that signifies the wrath of God against fraud and oppression, which prevents the prospering of such wicked heaping up of riches with the [Page 66] doers and their posterity, and whereas thou sawest the small heaps not lessened or diminished, notwithstanding such carri­age away from them, that signifies that the Servants and Re­tainers of the great Ones will defraud the poor, yet that God will (out of his infinite goodness) and treasury adde unto their estates, and provide for the oppressed from time to time, for what they shall lose by oppression, God will adde to them another way, especially if they will s [...]ff [...]r their oppression with patience and thankfulness, referring the revenge un [...]o the Fa­ther of Heaven, unto whom only belongs to punish the wick­ed; for it is he that ordained the strong and weak, notwith­standing the sufferings of the just in this world, God will pro­vide for them both in this world, and in the world to come. And verily my sister, this is the right Interpretation of thy Re­velation.

The second Revelation of Gwendolina delivered to be inter­preted to her brother Merlin.

Wise Merlin and dearly beloved Brother, I have seen a se­cond Revelation in his manner: As I slept on a night in my bed, I saw my self standing in a Grove of the fairest and tallest Ollars, that the heart of man could imagine or his eyes behold, to which place I saw a great multitude of people entering and coming in, with hatchets and Axes in their hands, with which they h [...]ve cut down and destroyed this whole Grove down to the ground: and suddenly I saw another young Grove far ex­ceeding the former both for straitness, smoothness and extra­ordinary length, starting up from the stumps of the former Grove, and of the wonder of this Revelation I awaked, and from that hour to this day I cannot forget the strangeness of it.

The Interpretation of the same delivered by Merlin.

Gwendolina, my advice is that thou harbour neither care nor sorrow by reason of thy Revelation; for no harm will come unto thee by it; for the Grove which thou sawest signifies the [Page 67] Island of Brittain, which will be mightily clipt of her nobility and great Personages, signified by the cutting down of the fair and stately Ollars, and these shal be totally destroyed, even as thou hast seen the destruction of the Ollars, yet for all this, in the same manner as thou sawest a new Grove sprouting and starting up from the stumps of Ollars, shall grow again a state­ly Grove of powerful men from the stock and root of the for­mer: In which time or age no kind of Riches wil stand in the possession of the great Ones or Nobility, for it shall be taken away by the children of the meaner sort or Commonalty, and of, or out of these shall grow men of renown, honour, and command; and these shall continue in such estate, degree, and calling for a long time; and this is the true and perfect Interpre­tation of thy Revelation.

The third Revelation of Gwendolina delivered to be inter­preted to her Brother Merlin.

My dearly beloved Brother, I have seen a third Revelation, as I was in my bed and sleep, where I thought my self to stand on the Top of a very high round Hill with a flat and plain top, on which I saw many small Hills and green Banks very high; then I saw a great Earth-quake ushering on upon a sudden, by force whereof these Banks or Hills would suddenly fall and be­come level to the Plain or bottom, and immediately should a­rise in the place or room of these high and green Hills, a multi­tude of Muck-hills, upon, or out of which sprouted up and grew upon a sudden variable sorts of fragant herbs, and plants full of fair Blossoms: And to this hour I wonder at this Reve­lation.

The Interpretation of Merlin of the third Revelation.

Fair Gwendolina, be not sad nor sorrowful for what thou sawest, thy Revelation will do thee no harm, the Green which thou sawest signifies this Island of great Brittain, and the Hills signifie the Nobility and chief Rulers of the same: And the [Page 68] Earth quake signifies a great war that shall fall in this Island, wherein shall the Nobility and great Ones be levelled and de­stroyed in the same mauner as thou sawest the H [...]lls, falling and vanishing away: And the Hillocks which thou sawest sud­denly arising in the places of the Hills, si [...]nifies that the riches and estates of these great Ones shall be given to men of small degrees end repute; the fair blossoms which th [...]u sawest, sig­nifi [...]s that the young child en of these wil become men of re­nown and of great estates, but hardly wil the fi [...]t generation of these hold the estates and possessions of their A [...]cestors; for they will fade away, even as the Plants planted in the Muck. And this is the signification of thy d [...]eam.

The fourth Revelation of Gwendolina.

My dear Broth [...]r Merlin, I saw in my sleep on a night that I stood in the fairest field of wheat that the eyes of man ever saw, the ears of the wheat I saw to be full ripe, hut the straw of the same was as green as green grass, and I saw a great mul­titude of Swine breaking the hedge, and entering into the field of wheat, which devoured and destroyed th [...] wheat, and made it plu [...]p and level to the ground, and on a sudden I saw an in­numerable pack of white Greyhounds entering in, and run­n [...]ng furiously towards the Swine, and then I saw the whole company of Swine killed and destroyed by these Grey-hounds, and I much wonder after this Revelation.

The Interpretation of the fourth Revelation.

Fair Gwendolina, let not this Revelation trouble thee; for the field of wheat signifies this Island of Brittain, and the wheat signifies the Inhabi [...]ants of the same. The ripe ears and the green straw foretells, that in such time hereafter, young men wil have white hoary heads, which wil be so strange to be­hold, [Page 69] as to see ripe ears of wheat on green stalks: The Swine which thou sawest bre [...]king the hedge and entering into the field of wheat, signifies, That an innumerable company of strangers wil enter into this Island, which wil destroy the Inha­bi [...]ants thereof, after the same manner as thou sawest the Swine destroying the whea [...]: And the Grey-hounds do signifie, that there wil c [...]me white Grey-hounds, which will [...]evenge the blood of the white-headed youths, on the swine, and these Swine wil be ch [...]sed away and destroyed by the Grey-hounds, viz. the remnant that wil be left undestroyed, and this is the Interpretation of thy Revelation.

Now followeth the fift and last Revelation of Gwendolina.

My Brother, I have seen the fift Revelation, I saw my self standing in a large and spacious Church yard, which I saw full of young Damsels, and all these I saw great with child, and neer to the time of their lying in, and child-birth; and I heard the children speaking and discoursing one with ano [...]her out of their Mothers wombs: and this is to me a great wonder, as often as I think of this Revelation.

The Interpretation of the fi [...]t and last Revelation, delivered by Merlin.

Then Merlin said, Let not thy thoughts trouble thee for this Revelation. The Church-yard which thou sawest, signifies this Island of Great Brittain; the Damsels foretells, th [...]t there wil come an age, wherein Marriage wil be made between Ladds and Damsels under their Head-laces, yea, and all, for the most Part, wil be married in that age very young, and the Children which wil be begotten in that Age, between [Page 70] these wil be full of lewdness and wicked policy, and whereas thou sawest or heardest the Children speaking one with another in the [...]r Mothers Wombes, that sigoifies, that a child of fifteen years of ag [...], in that age wil be wiser than a man of for­ty years of age in this present age; and thus endeth the five Revelations of Gwendolina, with Merlins Interpretatio [...]s up­on them, which are v [...]ry rema [...]kable and in part suitable to these timer.

A vindication of both Merlines, especially Merlin Am­brose, commonly called Merlin of Wales, against the Calumnies and Assertion of ignorant Wri­ters, that wrote against their Prophesies, meerly by hear-saying, rather then by try­al of their works.

Whereas, That Martin Delcio treating of Prophets and Prophetesses, in his 4 Book, 1 cap. and 3 ques. rejects Merlin Ambrose of Wales, as a Magician, and that his Predictions be condemned in the Council of Trent, yet he reckoneth Merli­nus Callidonius (as he saith out of his ignorance) from Scot­land.

Also Trevisa speaking of these two Merlins in his histories, preferreth the Caledonian or Scottish Merlin before him of Wales, affirming, that the Caledonians Predictions are more full, perspicuous and plain than the others.

Johannes Major makes mention of Merlin of Wales, in di­vers places of his history of Scotland, especially in the second and fift Books, and affirmeth that he was a Magician, and cal­leth his Predictions doubtful and dark.

Johannes Balleus in his Century of Brittish Writers, doth mention both the Merlins, preferres him of Wales before the Caledonian.

[Page 71] James Maxwell of Scotland (that deserves laudable re­spects for his pains and industry in travelling through Europe for collections of this nature) renders his favou [...]able judgment in the behalf of Merlin Ambros, and saith that he conceived that he was not a diabolical, but only a natural Magician, well seen in the admirable secrets of nature, and especially in Astro­logy, and that his Horoscope or Constellation did encline him to aim at the f [...]re-knowledg and fore-telling of things to come.

But Gulielmus Newbrig [...]ensis and Polidor Virgil, are of the former Faction against our Merlin Ambros.

Now the truth is that their b [...]re Averment against Merlin Ambros, proceeded with some out of ignorance, with others out of malice and pollicy; why should either of their Prophe­cies be ratified by the Trent C [...]uncil, especially seeing they thun­der out the ruine and subversion of the Pope of Rome, with his abominable Hierarchy, as is cleer by these Collections, but as to this deciding of this Controversie, I referre the Reader to the Judgment of their Prophesies hard by, where he may be his own Judg, touching the persons and their Prophesies.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvest is▪ alias Merlin Wylt, cited by Gildas the Son of Kawe of great Brittain, and the first Writer of the Brittains.

Pan ddoter gwerth dwy fvwrh Am vn, a chrogir Ave yna y try y llew yn waddfelldigedig, yr hwn a gyfid ystroni­aid ar i gesn, ag a istwng i waed i hvn, agynobydd diris o dd [...]wg ymisg y Britanied, yrhaufwyaf o homnt, ind Am­gen, yr ynis heb gyngor, Ar Eglewyssi heb bregethe, ar pre­ladiaid heb fvdd, ar kedirn heb galonnav, ar Esgyb heb Audvrdod, ar krysyddwyr ar gil, Ar keifiaud yn hir wy [...], ar kowir yn gr [...]gadwy, ar sswyddogion yn Anvdonvs, ag Hadron yn fradyrchvs, a lliwiav ar y ll [...]drad.

Ag yno y kysid kyffredin kysiwrh ar Alban, o ym pir ir God l [...]dd, ag yna y plenir y lili yn hir y try didd ytiseddnag yno [Page 72] kyfid Gwiber danllvd o fynwes y llews yr hwn a eilio kyffes­wyr llo [...]gir y wadd fvlld [...]g [...]dig, kanis yn erbir Sene [...]d wr Rh [...]fain [...]tryy hwn, in orfydair nes da [...]roi y wiber danllvd yngwrthwyneb y llew, ag ynay dengys y w [...]ber yn ddirgel y wada felldigedig, ag yna i kysed kerhri Eglwyssig yn erbin holl loegir, ag yn rail k [...]ffro y tynnir Esgiil y w [...]ber danllvd ag a gyffrv r Alban gan Anad y lltw, yn [...] gefnyno y gwisg y wiber groen llew glas Amdain, ag a din [...]t [...]i dri N [...]ssiwn genedl, ind Amgen, Frankvd, yskotted a Gwiddil, ag y n y llew ko [...]onog agymer y Gwynfin arno trwy grngory krair korh, gan faint fvase y tryd dd dial.

Ag yno y kymer y llew kormog ydenvdd Alarch, ag a gymer hedfa rhyngtho Amor llvdaw, ag a ddiskin ari [...]yn­vdd Normandi, ag ynoy krfod r Gwial [...]n las ar ben myn y dd y Paladr, yno y geil wy llew atto i y [...]gel dd o bob tv, agi i daw i loegir ar wialen las yn i law, ag mwy nag vn a orfy­ddaut rbyngtho ar Baglogion lloegir, ynghwir [...]l gwyr Rov­fain.

imae diwedd hon yn eifie.

The Translation. When one Cow bears the rate of two kinn [...], and when the Gold is hanged, then wil the Lyon turn himself to a cursed Mould-warpp, who wil rise on his back stranger Nations, and wil bring low h [...]s own family, posterity, and blood, then wil be innumerable mischief amongst the Brit­tains, or the greatest part of them: Then wil Brittain be without a Council or Parliament, Churches without preaching, Prelates without profit, or liveings: The great men without hearts, Bishops cl [...]p [...] of their authority and office, men of de­votion lost; and Seekers turned Robbers, true men condemn­ed. Officers corrupted with perjury, Thiefs treacherous, and Robbery excused.

Then wil the Commons rise as high as Scotland, of fresh grast to the North, and then wil the Lilly be planted in the Lands of the third heir, then wil arise a fiery Viper, from the bosom of the Lyon, the which wil be called (by the Confes­sors of England) the cursed Mould-warpp, against the Sena­tor [Page 73] of Rome will this turn, there shall be no Conquest till the fiery. Viper winds her self back again against the Lyon; then the Viper wil privily discover the cursed Mould-warp, then di­vilish plots from the Church will arise against all England, and in the second rising the wings of the fiery Viper will be taken off, then Scotland shall start, through the breath of the Lyon: Then behind his back the Viper will wear the skin of a green Lyon about her, and shall withdraw unto her three Nations of Consanguinity, that is to say, French, Scots, and Irish, then the crowned Lyon will take for his refuge the white Tower, through the advice of the red or bloody Papists, by reason of the hot persute the third time.

Then the crowned Lyon will take the wings of a Swan, and will take a flight towards the French Seas, and will light upon a hill of Normandy, then will a green Rod be taken up to the top of Mount Palludor, then the Lyon will call unto him his Succourers of every side, and will come to England with the green Rod in his hand, then more then one will overcome be­tween him and the Club men of England in the behalf of the men of Rome.

The latter and of this Prophecy came not to my hands, the first part of it is very cleer and pl [...]able to the late times, but the conclusion some what misti­cal.

More than one, signifies a third party which will gain the Bale both from this crowned Lyon, and from his party.

A Prophecy of Merlin Wilt, alias Silvestris, discovering unto his Sister Gwendolina the prophecyed Conqueror or Coronog Fabau, with manif st signs and tokens, as forerunners of the same, first in Welch, as it was delivered, then the Transla­tion.

Quest. Gwendolina demanded when shall the glory come to the Race of the Brittains.

[Page 74] An. Pan fo Pobl a gwaith Reiel, a [...] bydyn ddigon ol, yna i megir gw [...]rwyn, ag y tyf kensigen chwng moibion arglwy d­di, ag yna yr ennynir Ffagal er hur i hani, a honno a wen wyna ll [...]bo Amla rtrefi.

Qu. Said Gwendolina, when will that be?

An. Pan fo kymru yn orchain, a dirfawr dalu, a dadle b [...] y­nudd, yna s kyfid llew kryf a gred a fudd, ag Owain [...]i flaen yn aflonudd.

Pau fo mel yn y genevau, ar llesrith ynigwefussau, ar bi­si il yn i kalonau, yna i bidd Twyll yn agos.

Pau for r Gath yn y dwyraia a llo sgwru sarph iddi, a honno a gospa h [...]ll fleiddie lloegir, yn r Amser hwnw, y mab a laddo i fem i hun a elwir y Tywysog darogau, ar Koronog Fabau, ar amser hwnwy kaiff y Britaiued y Goruwrhafwth.

Pan for llwynog yn preguthu, a Chynafon Chrust yn ky­farch ym nol e i mame.

Ag yna i try duw i law a [...] y ganllaw dei lyngat, ag yr him­pir yn y graddau gynawon Troyaf, ag i daw o Gwain Glain golevaf, i ddial ar ssais, i drais ai hir drigfa, yn ol hin Cymrofudd prchon r ynys gudarnaf.

Gwendolina demanded as aforesaid.

The Transla. An. When the Nation hath a royal work, with peace and plenty of all things, th [...]n shall the poyson of discord breed, and sprout up or break forth with unity be­tween the Son [...] of Lords, and then, the fagot will be set on fire, for a wages unto Henry, and the same will be poysonous to the Cities and Towns.

Qu. Gwendolina d [...]manded, when shall that come to pass.

An. When the Brittains will be groaning, with unmeasura­ble [...] intollerable payments; then will be daily Consultations and pleadings: Then will arise a mighty strong Lyon in confi­fidence [Page 75] and saith, and Owen before him in disquietness, when hony be in the mouths, sweet milk on the lips, and gawl in the hearts; then Treachery will be near at hand, when the Cat be in the East with the Train of a Serpent after her, and this will chastise all the Wolves of England.

And in that time, the Son which will d [...]stroy his own mo­ther, will be called, the prophecyed Prince, and Koronog Fa­bau.

And in that time the Brittains shall have the glory, when the Fox preacheth and the whelps of Christ preaching in their Mo­thers belly [...]s: Then will God turn his helping hand to the most deserving side; then the whelps of the Trojans shall be grafted in honourable degrees; Then will come from or out of Owen the bright Pearl, one which will revenge an English mans long continuance and oppression.

Who can deny his Highness descent from Owen ap Cadwgau, take notice that the revenging of an Englishman is spoken in the singular number, therefore alluded to the late King.

A noteable Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, wherein is set out more signs and tokens before the appearance of the Brittish Conquerour, with pretty, knotty, small number of 7 in the cluse.

Pau fo lyffro ar y myndd kywarthog, y byddllawn rynys o bobl Ang henawg, agenwir swyddawg, a newin kerniog ai ohael yn ddiog, a Chadarn yn Anrhigarog, ag wedi gly­bwr gwynt gogleddog. a thlawd gwarth cudd og, a Fjubl newnog, a gwen wyn mwlawg ar hudd yn llidiaug, ai wyr yn Arfawg, ag yn miwedd saith, Gwaith Anrhigar [...]wg.

The Translation. When there is an uproar or tumult upon the rich Mountain, this Island then will be full of miserable peo­ple, and dishonest Officers, starving for silver, and hardly, or few to be had: and the strong, merciless, and after a wet Northern wind, the poor in vile contempt, the people starv­ing, [Page 76] poyson dark, the Stag furious, his men armed, and in the end of seven, merciless work.

The Stag may be applyed either to the Earl of Essex, or to his Highness the Lord Protector; for that Ensign belongs to both, and b [...]th of them were of the same side, and strong with forces and Armes.

But the question is about this number of 7, which carries a trebble Application.

First whether it alludes to the final destruction of the race of the seventh Henry, by the death of the late King.

Secondly, whether the said King was beheaded in the seventh year after the breach between him and his Parliament.

Thirdly, whether it may point out some odde number of years, as 57, wherein merciless execution shall be made.

But my advice is, that the Royal party may take car [...]ful notice of this last Conjecture, and of my Advertisements to the Inha­bitants in general, lest they fall within the compass of this mer­ciless work; they are fairly warned throughout these Prophe­cies, but these Prophecies cannot be fully accomplished, till some unadvised heads suffer a little further yet.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, laying out ma­nifest signs and tokens before the approach­ing of wars to Great Brittain.

Qu. Paciw fud a fudd.

An. Bid brith Pen Gwenith y Gwenwyn ar dafo dau, y skim ni kirn keirw ar draethawd, gwaglaw bardd, ha [...]dd yffrriad, trvst fvd k [...]nddawr ar lawr gwlad, drvd fvdd bvgail a geil­wad, fe ddaw bydav w [...]di bid, ind ymg ar na char na chylvd ar glwydd pob gwas ar i svdd, dedwydd or brren a brydera i fvd.

The Translation, Qu. What manner of world shall come to pass.

[Page 77] Ans. A pide world, or a world tempered of hoidge poidge st [...]ff, where poyson will be co [...]tched in the highest degree of dec [...]it and falshood on tongues, Stags horns by Predict [...]ons desperate, Beirdhs out of esteem, and withou [...] rewards, the Clergy gallant in Apparrels, H [...]rpers and Poets will be pensive and hear less, Sh [...]phe [...]ds and Oxen drivers will be scarce and deer: And after this will follow a world, that fellowship and kindness will be wa [...]ing with Kinsmen and Misers; every man will be a Lord in conceit, happy will he be that will provide for himself.

A Proph [...]cy of Addafras to the Raven, wherein is fore­told the coming and Conquest of his Highness the Lord Protector, with the fall of Bishops and their Ministers.

Trwy orthrwn llymder i bewinedd i chybiddia hir wen ol [...] Ai gwroledd a geidw anrhydedd ir Goron 15 myluedd, yn, i k fud llew du ym misc estrunniad geuedlpedd, Pau so Bu­gail kaerefrog yn rheoli ar Anwiredd, y Gigfrau a sarchoka gesn y birlhion, ag a hetta ar fon, ag an lan Aberuedd i [...]ren illia i hadar ar Amrafa olion lwedd, y Bvgail a gwymp dar draed o falchedd, An mam An rhitha ov trethoedd, ef a syr [...] ­k [...]stell y llew tau y glew gledd, [...]f a rbrain ar vrddas, ai Pylassa av yn cbysedd, ag efamgredicka korn wal aih yr hel­sonnedd, ag a hetta y Gigfrau o lyndain i dir dyfed, yn hed [...] yrhawl heniaut a braint mowredd i [...]irfyno y Gigfrau yn lanh diwedd, yn ol hyn [...]y y kyfyd dreigiav a llongav Allan ar sor ag y tes [...]r saeson dro Ason ryfedd, ag a O wain Brittain ar brain ar fowredd, ag i kaiff y Brittaniaid y llwyr Anrby­dedd.

The Translation, That the Raven through the sharpness of her claws wi [...]l privily forew [...]rn the Swallow, and her valour shall p [...]eserve the Crown in honour for 15 years. Then shall arise a black Lyon amongst a stranger Nation: And then will the Shepherd or Bishop of York be a Ruler of falshood or un­ighteousness; [Page 78] then the Raven will ride on the backs of the proud, and will flye to Anglesey, and at the borders and mouth of harbours will her chickens range for their prey, and upon di­v [...]rs Armies, the B [...]shops and Clergy will fall under feet of p [...]ide and our Mother will free us of our Taxations. The Castle of the Lyon will fall under the active and warlike Sword, the Crows will get the honor and Pallaces; and Cornwall shall em­brace their high blo [...]d and Gentility, and the Raven will flye from London to Dimetia, or South-Wales: Then the Raven will [...]nd her dayes very old with peace and honor: After this will arise Dragons and Ships which will take the Sea: And En­gl [...]sh will steer their navigable Course over a wonderful River: And Owen the Brittain with the Crows shall get the Conquest, then shall Brittains have admirable honour.

A short Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, fore-shewing three Course of wars here in Great Brittain, that the Romish Religion shall have the over-ru­ling power here, and that the same shall be the impulsive cause of great warres, concluding with an odd, remarkable and fatal number.

Pan wncler tri Chysodiad, rg enkiliaid ddwywaith ag yn y dry didd y bydd byd, a Gwenddidd yn llawn gobaith, os kowir gwai [...]h y beirdd a b [...]ry byth.

A dysud Rhufaui i bob tn a rhysel gwedi, a Phau so vn flwyddin ar xv a davgain, iiii n [...]w niav yn derfyn, disre Normandi.

The Translation, When 3 risings will come to pass, and two sl [...]ghts or retreats, and in the third▪ will be a merry world, and Gwendolina in full hope, it the Prophecies be true, which are to endure for ever: and when Rome comes to each house, then will wars come, and when 56 years and forty nine dayes come [Page 76] to be a Period, or odde year [...], then shall Normandy or the Normans be destroyed.

When the odde number of 56 years and forty nine dayes come about, Normandy or the Norman race here in England shall come to confusion. Let un dvised heads take notice of this fatal number.

A Prophecy of Taliesin predicting of Owen with the red hand the prophecyed Conquerour, and his noteable Feats and Conquests, with a fatal number in the Conclusion.

Owen hul dardan, Owen farchog bvan, Owen wyr Owen Owen y mab darogan, Pan ddel gwyr llyrhlin, ai bwyill owrhlin, yna i k lian fal morh rhag Owen lowgorh a Bristow heb borthor, a ll [...]ndain yn gyf [...]r, a llefain hyd ddofor, a fl [...]m havl gwyn, ar ja, llyna draba ar droed, ag amal kri ar fon kro [...]s, llyna r oes flin, ar vii wythnos heb hindda, ar ddeg ar hrgein yn rhegedfa, llynar Amser yn rgos, i ddangos a ddigona.

The Translation, Owen of Dardans stock, Owen the nimble Knight, Owen from Owen the propheeyed Conquerour, when the men of Norway will come with their sharp Axes, then will they retreat like Swine for fear of Owen with the red hand: Bristol will be without a Porter, London in open fear, and crying to Dover, fl [...]mes of the white Sun, and [...]rost, then pi­tiful deeds are a foot, with much crying at the foot of Crosses, then will be the tedious age, and the seventh week without fair weather, and 30 in posting and running, then the time is at hand, to manifest it, will be very irksom and wearisom.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros fore-telling the raigning sinnes of this Island by means of the Bishops of Great Brittain: And that the Kingly Government shall fall upon the earth, lastly that the Bull shall bear the Imperial rule at Sea, who will be both just and invincible.

Yr Esgobion a lwybrant i ddrwg weirhredoedd, ag yna y gollyngir gwaed ar y ddayar, ag yr halogir y Temlav, ag i bidd ffyrn grwydd gorthrwm, a fferhud sodom, yna i bydd treyswyr a d [...]mon a gasaant gyfwwnder, ag a gar aut y kam, a bradwyn Rhutaui a Amkan [...]ut o heddiw hid y forn i farnu rkam, ag i ado rwwn er kael da.

Ag yn y dy ddiav hyny y bidd dyniou ysklyfaid, yn udonol a garan [...] i gobrau er kadaru hav y kelwydd, ag i dileyia ky­fraith a gwirionedd, yna i b dd kwnw f ar y ddayar mewn llawer o levedd ag yn r ynysoedd.

Ar brenhinavthav a balla ar ddymon ag ar y ddayar, ar ddayar adewir yn ddifaeth, ag yna i bidd newin Mawr yny Gristnogaeth, ag ni all vn dd [...]llin ddiddanv ywgilida yna i bidd Tyrnas ddrudlawn, a Phobl dra feilchiou a ffawb yn gorllwyn, yna i bidd Anarlloes, y kiw ar Tarw a gerdda, a Chryfder y morvedd a sathra, ag in chait neb or fud ar ddin tra for Tarw yn dwyn i fowyd, Trigarog fudd ef a Chadarn gyfion.

The Translation. The B [...]shops shall lead to wicked deeds; then will be [...]ffusion of blood upon the earth, Temples will be vilified and contemned, cruel oppression shall raign, with the sins of Sodom, then will be wrongful doers and people which will hate righteousness, and Lovers of wrong; then the treach­erous people of Rome will comb [...]ne and plot from day to day for lucre sake to maintain the wrong, and seize the right, and in these dayes people wil be Perjurers, wildy, and without Conscience, Lovers of rewards for strengthening of lyes and falshood, and then Justice and the righteousness of the Law will be delayed, then will be combustion and distraction upon the [Page 81] earth, in divers places, and in the Islands.

And Kingly Governments will fall amongst men and upon the earth, and the earth will be left desolate, then will be a g [...]eat Famine in Christ [...]ndom, so that no man can help or relieve another; then, there will be a full and a deer Kingdom, then people will hardly recover this misery.

The Chicken and the Bull will go with freedom, who shall trample the strength of the Sea, there shall be no oppression made while the Bull liveth, who will be merciful, strong and just.

By the Chicken and Bull is meant the Protector.

A Prophecy of Taliesin, pretending a discourse with the Co­ronog Faban, the Brittish Conqueror, wherein he fore­tells what kind of world will follow.

Koronog Fabau, daw bid Priddfawr, daw bid chvdd bron Tarrian, daw bid briw bron Tibr, daw bid y bydd ar­gyffwr, daw bid y bydd saith wraggedd am r vn gwr, daw bid, prid wrth ddillad, gwaglaw ba [...]dd, hardd yffeiriad, drvd pob Bvgail a g [...]ilwad, in farcha mab mai fam nai dad, daw bid pridwrth gymni, brevddwydiol pawb trwy i bvn gnawd, kau eidion ir vn dyn, a devddeg vn heb r vn daw bid prid wrth or llwyn hidl ddeigr wybyr ar llwybyr llwyn, a ddy mvno pobl pawbai kwyn.

The Translation, Coronog Fabau, There will come a very sad and sorrowful time, there will come a time, when the brests of Targets be free, there will come a time, when the brests of Towers be bruised, there will come a time, that there shall be bickering; There will come a time, that there shall be se­ven women for one man; there will come a time, that people shall want clothing, Beirdhes not respected, and the Clergy in sumptu us habits, Shepherds and Ox-drivers pretious, chil­dren will not honour and respect Father and Mother, there will come a time, that the Sacrament will scarcely be had, and that people will be moved to dream in their sleep of meer fear [Page 82] and terror, one man shall possess a 100 beasts, and 12 men without none: There will come a time that people will be weeping and mourning in woods and bushes, and people will repent of their own requests.

Another short (but mistical) Prophecy of Taliesin, con­cluding upon the late Conquest.

  • 1. bid s. wyddeles yn w [...]ddillion.
  • 2. bid ffrwy [...]h [...]gy fall bid ball ar seeson.
  • 3. bid M. ar grwydir wedi brwydir vnion.
  • 4. bid h. yn rhychor ynghor eugylion.
  • 5. bid l. ddig wyn a ddwyn gelynion.
  • 6. bid nawyn osbarth ar arth Aughyfwn.
  • 7. b [...]v yno Gymro yn kymrvd Alltidion.

The Translation, Let S. the Irish be the leavings.

The children of Belial will be fruitful, and the English in want.

Let M. be wandering after a right distraction.

Let H. be chiefest in the seat of Angels.

Let L. without commiseration carry enemies.

Let 9. be Controler of the unrighteous Bear.

Let a Welchman then be taking of the Lame.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris, setting forth by way of discourse with his sister Gwendilina, many noteable signs and manifest tokens already past, as also the Brittish Conqueror.

Qu. Gwenddidd yn gofin, Beth a dderfedd minav drvau Ge­nedl gilledigawl.

An. Ateb. Diamav se ddaw gwr Arh gwerid i guel yrh kyfiownder, ag a ddengis i saeson i gwaith ai hau ag am i twyll l koll [...]ut i haur hydedd.

Qu. Pa brid fidd hyny.

[Page 83] An. Pau gympor delway ar padrevav, ag yn auamal llos­wyrav a gweddiav.

Qu. Pa brid fidd hyny.

An. Pau fo r od, ar glaw, ar vd yn Ffaeli [...]w, y drvd svd a ddaw yn ddiogel.

Qu. Pa brid sydd hyny.

An. Pau fo r Croesav wedi kolli i h [...]nway, a hanner y frwyn av, ag yn fawr i eisiav, y tlawd mewn dadlev am d [...]n vn, ag yn fawr kri y kyfoethog, a llaw er a ym gyraut i gael gor­moddiaut, yna i daw Pregethwyr britbwn digllon i diodd [...].

Qu. Pa brid fidd hyny.

An. Pau fo r tlawd mewn an obaith o gassael kowaeth i bidd gwell bwa a saeth na biwrch i roi llaeth.

Qu. Pa bidd fvdd hynny.

An. Pau fo Prif yn bvm rhau a Phob mau ar gyrhwyn, yna idaw gwres ifyn wes fy myddir yri, ag i daw y Tiroedd A­rawydir vn llaw yn Porthi, ag Aberth drwy ddyfin, yn ddi­fai oi berchi, a bwrwkadkenedl y gwaethlin waeth waeth drwy i Amherchi, yna i daw bran yn ddiomav ymisg mynidd yr yri, ag oi nerthi chwarddwn ag i byddwn ddigri.

The Translation, Gwendolina demanded of her Brother Merlin, what shall become of us poor, miserable, and lost Nation?

An. Without all doubt, there wil come a man that wil re­lieve you from your bondage, and will manifest unto English their unrighteous works, and will repay to the great Ones of England their falshood, and for their Treachery will lose their honour.

Qu. When wil that be?

An. When Images and Beads will fall, and when a Ave-Maries and Prayers to Saints be grown thin.

Qu. When will that come to pass?

An. When Snow, Rain and Corn falls, then questionless a deer time will come.

Qu. When will that be?

An. When Crosses lose their names, the earth yield but [Page 48] half her cropp and fruit, and great want of the same, the poor in great distress for it, and the rich likewise grumbling, then many will strive to get overmuch, but for their Covetousness they shall lose all, then will come pide Preachers, whose com­ing will be very irksom and troublesom to suffer.

Qu. When will that be?

An, When the poor be without hopes of getting riches, then it will be bet [...]er to have a Bow and Arrow than a Cow to give milk.

Qu. When wil that come to pass?

An. When the prime be the fift part, and every place in going, there will come a heat to the bosom of my world at Snoden, and then wil all the Lands which was divided, come to one hand to seed us, a [...]d offering through summons justly to reverence, and slighting the Army of the enemy more and more. Then (out of all doubt) will come a Raven from the Borders of Snoden hill, through whose strength we shall rejoyce and be glad.

Another Prophecy of the same Merlin Silvestris, setting out a dissenting Parliament, which will be the grounds of warres, with manifest Predictions and Progress of such warre.

Am ffydd Bethlem a Chaorselem, gorfvd fvddi genedl bedidd, dwy flynedd di hedd, a hanner y drydidd, hinon i winedd, koel kyn kdlanedd, Parliament kynddeiriog brad pau i gwneler, yno i bidd derhce rhwng devlv olo [...]gir, y na [...] bidd rhwng gwy a hofren niferav, yna i bidd llevad a llew mewn glew hyder, yna i byd llougav balrh bvchedd ynghon­lau, yno i bidd gwiddil yn dyfvd am ben rhuddla [...], yna i bidd llawenarh rhianeda oherwydd i dwedau Amgilch ffry­die kaswennan, a di [...] ster ar y lau yna i hidd treiswyr yng­wistlon, yna i bidd swyddog yng harchar, yna a bidil gwall ar saeson, a thrais a lled rad ag ymm hell gariad yngwlad Brithon.

Yna i bidd haf gwnawg, a Chy nhayaf basolawg, a gaiaf [Page 85] ydawg, yna i biddr havl yni ddevwres, yna i bidd y badd yn oeici, yna i bidd Rhvs ap Rhvs a ddyf in gwys, a chyfel ar frvs hid fookaer, yna i bidd chwng Aber peryddon a chvdy Tysod dvon y mae [...] ar y saeson, yna kin pen y flwyddn kad kocsfochn [...], yno i bidd gweddi wyr Jesso heb ormessiaid, yna i bidd en kill ar hil sexbardiaid, yna i bidd talam wa [...]w [...]r yn dar par Owen, ynoi gwaeir tri chyfodiad, ag enkiliad ddwywaith, ag yn y dvydiddi bidd bid brith wrthfodd ynghalon.

The Translation. That the Baptized Christians (meaning the Brittaines) sh [...]ll have the conquest of the faith of Be [...]hlehem and Jerusalem (meaning the faith of Christ and his Apostles) at the beginning of warr, the first two years and moyetie of the third will be sometimes war sometimes peace, and then a slaugh­ter wi [...]l follow, that a dissenting Parliament will be seen, then treachery will be seen when it is made, then will England divide themselxes, and with two armies fight together, then will be armies between Wye and Seve [...], then will a Moon and a Lion have a strong confidence, then will be ships with proud lines at Camlan, then will the Irish trot by Rvddlan, then maids will make good sport at the streams-issuing at Caswennan, upon whose borders will be slaughter, then oppressors will be in bondage, and yawn, then a Ruler will be confined, then English will be in extremity, then fraud and thee very and want of love will be in the land of Brittain.

Then will be a white summer a sorry harvest, and morn-winter, then a contribution will be assessed, which will never be levyed, and the party that will order it will never recover; then the sun will be in its double heat, and the hot Bath waxe cold, and Rees ap Rees w [...]ll summon Tennants, sudden warrs shall be to the borders of Chester or some other Citie.

Then the Engl [...]sh will have battels from Aperper yddon to the foord of Tyfoddvon, and then before a twelve mon [...]h comes about will a battel at Kocksfochno, then the humble suiters of Jesus will be free of devourers, then will the race of Saxons and Normans be forced no flight.

Then our mock [...]ng for our predicting of Owen will be home­ly [Page 86] revenged, then will three risings be made, and a retreat twice, and in the third a merry world according to my hearts desire.

A prophesie to take notice of.

Gwilia Pau welich rew gwilie a chilurg a chalau ar ddifie a gwauwyn llwm ymhob lle a phr [...]fi pimp or prifie.

When a frostie Christmas comes, and New-years day on Thursday, a barren spring and the prime V.

Take notic of this year 57.

A song of Taliesiu, against ignorant Beirdhes and Musicians.

Ni wyddoch thwithav padraethach, tafodav, nadosparth
Diav chwng y chwirach gave beirddion bychain brain bro
Braidd nadewchi arffo, Bar [...]hmin gostego gosteg nis
Kaffa yn i el dau grothoo doddaiar agro;
Ar sawl am grandawo, Mab dvwai kano
Elphin ap Rwyddno synnat Artkeco
Dan dri ar ddeklo, am gau moli At hco
Myfi yw Taliesin ben Beirddy Gorllewin
Aga Adwen bob gorsin yngoger gorllewin
Ag Aollwng elffin oi hval evrin.

First he rebukes the unskilfull Poets and Harpers, and saith that the Bardh which cannot controle him should be put to si­lence, but poureth forth his prayers to God for such that ob­serve his counsel & directions, and saith that Elphin ap Gwiddn [...] was murdered for landing his Tutor, and interred in the earth of Arthtro, and that hee was Taliesin cheif of the western Beirdhs, and that he would set Elphin at liberty from his p [...]e­cious bonds, surely he alludes at the resurrection, by the sound of the trumpet of an Angel.

A prophesie of both the Merlines of the coming of Owen the Conquerour after the year 1640.

Pau fo oedc [...]n mab duw yn vil a 6 C a lx mylyn edd, yno i daw Owain yn wir, i gleduv dd [...]r, dir i daw, agyn [...]ber Tawe y llevad o lau hafren, O wain ar i law, ag i dir katwg Rhysel byth n [...]dd iddi Rhag llaw. gwilied pawb ramser.

The Translation. When the year of Christ comes to 1660, then verily Owen will come with his sword of his steel; will he come? with the moon from Civern bank, and Owen on his hand, and then warrs shall never come to the land of Katwg. Let the time be observed.

A prophesie of Taliesin of great warrs, wherein the French and English will confederate together, and then Castles shall be destroyed; but a Britain shall overcome them, and then a good world will follow.

Y Tyrrav kadarn yn wan a wnant
Llafaraf, gwelaf, golav foliant
I gymrv yn hv pau hwyliant
Frank llen a saeson byd enbyd Awnant
Am Dalfa Tyrfa Twr min [...]nt
Am gyfrank vn did [...] Rhif y mirdd syrthiant
A moroedd ky edd dofvdd ai disant
Brithon ai toeblia ywna fyddant
Bri [...]hfyd a ddyfyd o ddikter karant
A saiff hid llawen pau chedant.

The Translation. Behold I do clearly forsee and prophesie the advance of Brittaines, at such time when English and French will joyn together with armes and armies, then strong Castles and Towers shall be made weak, and then will be a dangerous time, then will these English and French seek Towers and Ca­stles, in the behalf of him which will be possessor (or owner) [Page 88] of multitudes, or armies, then will be sharp fightings at sea but a gracious person will come, who through his own free motion shall destroy (or overcome them) and then Brittaines will wear them out and be chiefe, and then from a bad world will become, stand, and continue, a good and merry world.

A prophesie of one of the ten Sybils, setting out the destruction of many Countries and Isles by the Turk, the Calamitie of the Church and State through all Europe, the fall of Empe­rours, Kings, Princes, Pope, Bishops and Cl [...]r­gie, with several punishments, and signes of the same, of a British Conquerour and Reformer of the world.

The Turks shall destroy many Christian Isles nigh unto them, the Countries of Armony, Phrygia, Denmark; Norway shall be sore debatled, so that many good Countries in Christendome (without help or victory) shall be destroyed, the Castles stand­ing upon the river of Tyber at Rome, upon the river of Ridonya in France, and upon the river of Danubia in Almayn, or Germa­ny shall be subverted and cast down; so likewise in Spain, by reason of marvellous great floods which shall come to the said Rivers; the Countries of Dardania shall be brought to great ruine, because of great and marvellous earth-quakes which shall happen there.

Between the Arroganes and the Spaniards shall be great de­bate and tribulation, and then there shall be no peace or love a­mongst them, until such time, that their Countries and King­domes be utterly destroyed; the Countrey of Gasgoyne shall be­wail their great calamity.

After the year of our Lord God 1647 shall come, the uni­versal Church of all the world shall lament and be sorrowfull.

Shortly after shall be great destruction, robbing and extreme wasting of the most noble and the most famous Citie, which is the Lady and head of all Christendome.

Every Church throughout all the would shall be spoyled [Page 89] and deprived of their temporalities, under the signes and motion of Saturn and Venus in the tayle of the Dragon.

And then there shal not be so great a man in the Church, but he shal be weary of his life, Churches shal be befouled and made profane places.

All manner of Religi [...]ns shal be put unto violence, for very fear and fright of the most cruel Ire.

The He [...]dmen and the Heads of all Churches shal be expul­sed and put from their dignities.

Prelates shal be st [...]iken with the rod or scourge of punishment, and shal flie from their houses, and shal so remain despised in sundry places, and shal likewise remain stil without any Leaders or Governours.

The Governour of all Churches shal role and flye, and finde no place of refuge or securitie, and the temporal men shal be turned from the Church, and there shal be no defence or resi­stance for the space of 22 months.

Neither the Bishop of Rome, nor the Emperour, neither a rightful King in France by the space of three years.

The wrath of God f [...]r sin shal fal upon the world, and for man fold sins and false judgment, all Elements shal be changed, fear and dread shal remain.

Castles and strong Towers shal fal down, and be subverted by fear of earth-quake that shal happen.

The fruit of the earth shal faile, the roots of plants shal pu­trifie, and waxe deaf and rotten, seeds wil fal.

The sea shal roar and crye against the world, and shal over­flow and swallow divers and many ships.

The Air shal be pestilentious and noisom, for the malice and iniquity [...]f men.

The heavens shal shew divers and manifold marvelous signs and tokens.

The sunne shal waxe dark, and also shal appear red of colour, many starrs shal fight together, which shal be a sign of destru­ction and killing of men.

Two moons shal be seen at once, almost by the space of four houres, divers passions, sorrowes, and deadly sicknesses, and [Page 90] also sudden deaths shal be as wel in men as in bruit beasts.

Pestilential sickness and miserable deaths shal be in the most part of the world, as was never heard of.

All the Countrey of Bononia shal loose all the company and flower of its Clergy and Learning.

The Countrey of Lotheringe shal lament and bewail the great spoyling, robbery and losses.

The Countrey of Campaigne shal lament and bewaile, and require help of the Neighbours adjoyning, of whom they shal have none, but shal be utterly robbed, wasted and consumed.

Ireland and Scotland shal be invaded by more Brittains, and shal convert part of the countrey there:

To whom shal come in aided a young Captain, or Knight, and convert the crown of the L [...]l [...]e & have dominion through­out the universal world, and he shal be an off-spring and branch of the children of Brute, and the memory of them shal remain for [...]ver.

After these manifold tribulations, miseries and chastisements, wil the God of heaven send a Reformer of the Church & State, which wil be an Emperour, and this shal reform the Church af­ter the rule and order of the disciples of Christ, and all men shal him dread and follow; he shal revocate and cal again the people from their great errors and evil lives, and bring them to the faith of the holy Church.

Many Infidels he shal convert, and bring them to the faith of Christ, by whose help, the world shal be brought to rest and peace the displeasure, wrath and punishment of God shal cease, then shal be one perfect faith, men then shal love together faith­fully, and so the world shal endure and continue, &c.

Agreeable to the last prophesie of Sibylla, is the judg­ment of th [...] famous Doctor in Astrologie, Master John Cip [...]ian, as also of Tarquatus Vandrivus stu­dent in the Art Magick.

Oxford, Cambridge, Wittemberg, and Padua, you glorious U­niversities of Christendome, take truce for a season, with your [Page 91] deep inspiring sciences, and vouchsafe to fixe your ingenious judgment upon this wonderful prophesie of Doctor John Ci­prian, who said out of his deep ju [...]gment,

That the angry heavens, by fearful visions, fore-dooming co­mets and strange comminations of planets, doth p [...]ogn [...]sticate to the sinful world, the alterations of Christian Kingdomes, fal of Princes, overthrow of Common-wealths, defolation of Coun­tries, and ruine of Cities, Townes and Villages, earth quakes, floods, and mighty tempests, whereby the whole world wil be annoyed.

Also by the variable cou [...]se of the Elements, all Nations under the circuit of the sunne wil be vexed with bloody warrs, famine, death, scarcity, with many other strange and fearful ac­cidents, aswel in Europe as Africa and Asia; all which wil come to pass for the manifold sins of the world, wherein all the earth is drowned, as in a gulf, past all recovery, except the Ma­jesty of God out of his meer mercy prevent it by our timely repentance.

This Judgment is mystically laid down for a Glass to them that understand, and a reproof for the ob­stinate.

In the North borders of the earth is scituated a Forrest trian­gle wise, environed with a wall of brass; from which Forrest shal flie a fortunate Fowl, that shal swim over to the borders of Africa, and there light upon a golden Tree, from whence shee shal pluck 3 branches of gold, and so triumphantly return back to the Forrest again; at which there shal an Eagle, which built her nest upon a golden Steeple, so much repine, and send forth secret fires, to burn and waste the said Forrest, but every one shal be quenched before the blast be kindled, many Princes of the earth shal seek by policy to hunt therein, but at the gates thereof they shal take a great repulse: So fortunate and fruitful shal this F [...]rrest be, and so invincible her Towrs of brasse, that all the Kingdoms of the earth shal admire her fortitude and prosperity, and grace her with that title of Blessed Paradice, which God [Page 92] gave Adam at the worlds creation; after this, the Sea shal be mightier than the Land, for the corners of the earth shal meet and fight a terrible battel, wherein a mightie man shal be over­thrown.

In the West shal lurck a bloody Serpent in a den, which hath not seen the light these many years, but yet this bloody Serpent shal not prevail against this blessed Forrest. A leaf of octo is wanting, which makes the prophesie curtayled.

A Dove shal be lifted up to great honour, by two golden Lions, and receive a crown of Gold, but after all these things shal the end of the world approach, therefore there shal be hea­vy and pitiful dayes, with much warrs, and alteration of the world, &c.

Out of the same Bo [...]k.

A Bird of a noble Nest shall be brought to England on a horse of Tree, and shall change from Army to Army.

In those dayes shall a King be slain, of Saudiford in Albion, and the Leyth shall he be, and in his own Garden sociated, a stout Knight in that storm, a Bugle horn shall blow, and raise up his rayses to run with open mouth, to slay him that was ne­ver born of the blacked Crow: Flanders and England shal fall at dissention, because of the falseness of Traytors untrue, therefore a Dragon shall be their confusion.

When the dead man shall set on his Crown

Then shall the world turn up side down,

And Troy on truth, shall tremble that day

For dread of the dead man, when they hear him say,

A dead man shall rise, that will be wonder,

This man shall settle right and good order.

Out of Heaven many tokens and wonders shall be seen, the Sun shall be darkened and lose his light, and shal rain blood in [Page 93] diverse Countries, after shall appear many tribulations and mi­series over all the world.

Then he that will be Protector in England, shall be crown­ed King in London, with great solemnity amongst his Peers, and he shall raign over England 55 years.

Rhan o Broffwydolieth Jevau o drwch y darau, fore-telling of the fall of Ministers, and of great warres.

Pob chiw lygaid a wyla, pob rhiw dasod a orha, poh rhiw galon a fydd Chwern kanis kariad a balla, a Chenfigen ar d [...]pgioni a amtha, in bidd mwy yna dora kysegr na thorry bvarth gwarth [...]g, yr Eglwys wyr a sethrir yn harger, ag a litlir i hirddas, gwsnaethwyr dvw a drvisir yn ddibrid, yr skolheigion ar gwyr lleu a allivdir, ag in rheir digon odrei­sw Armin, y llvgwn a gymeraus gyfoeth yr Eglwyss yn Anghyfreith lon heb gydwybed, neb rhiw an rhydeddir Egl­wys ins gwelir.

Phav dderhrever destrowior ynys hon, mal y dowad eryro gaer Septon, yna y Brittained a dyruasa, ar Albau a gym­meraut yn i kymdeithus, a hefyd Britauaid gida r [...]kotiaid a dyrnassa dref i Tad.

The Translation. Every eye shall weep, every heart shall groan, and tongues shall moan; for Love will fall, envy and malice will grow; Then holy Churches will be defiled and vi­lified, of no better account than Sheeps-fold, the Clergy will be shrowdly trampled under seet, and their Hierarchy will fa­ile and fall, the Servants of God will be oppressed without mercy: The great Scholars and Preachers will be clipt and la­med, and never enough of such game, and the great and pow­erful men will unjustly and without mercy possess themselves of the g [...]ods and rights of the Church, and then the Church will be without honour or respect.

The when this Island will fall to destruction by the sword (according to the Prophecy of the Eagle of Caersepton) the [Page 94] Brittains will possess and rule, and will be associated with the Scots, then Brittains and Scots will enjoy their own.

A Prophecy of Taliesin, shewing that the pro­phecyed Conqueror should be of the race of the Brittains, and of the late war exactly.

Mi a dysti [...]f yngyntaf am r haf h [...]r Sedin.
A ff [...]b dyffrin yn llawn or grawn di newin:
A gor oskin llydon gan hvdol llwydwyn
Lle dawai Arfe, ai blaid or Gorllewin.
Llew gorywrhel Rhyfel, yn Goroskin.

Gobaith Rhag llaw y daw i lywendd, a ffob devnvdd yn y [...] ­gweiriaw, gwyr a meirch marthogion llyrh in yn ar gyr [...] ­wyn, Allynges ar d [...]aws yn hwil [...]aw ir wen ynys a ddaw, e­mys llydaw llwydwn fdirh ogion ymmon a ddaw, Pau ddel dihavarch lvobarth Gledd, i Aherhodin die i devaut, ll [...] tramvwrhel tonnav glau Teifi tri brevddwyd a brofir i fo [...] yn wir, Tair Rhaudir yn ymrysson, Tair blynedd blaen wy [...] y glowir, Tair naw a ddwg Frwyth, wediyr Wyth y Gwys­ceir, Tair Asgell well a gynhelir, Tair Bvwch mewn b [...] ­ch mewn bvches in Welir, Tair in myn efgorav gwasgorav pob rhaudir, Tair Gwraig ar lawr, Maeyn gowir, vn y [...] lle y ddwy a gynhelir, kyn vllawg ywr Amfer, lloegir yr llew gostyngir.

Mi a ddanfon af vaen a thri Mor ynddaw, ag awnaf ga­fad a main brwdith ddestrowiaw, mi a wnaf Baladr o lydaw mi a Anfonaf A [...] lodav kwn yrh bwyfaw, mi a Ansonaf En­wir ir lle i daw, Mi anfonaf wledd or sygnedd ir N [...]bai ha­eddaw, mi anfonaf wiail i flodevaw, mi anfonaf ddiweddir anghowirion, mi Rad yn y Morar don.

Mi Assoda ffynon yn rvchelion, mi asoda Rysel yn r he [...] elynyon, mi assoda laww mewn saith Aberon, mi Anfonaf mifer yn berchnogion, fal y bor byd yn y nrysson, mi asod [...] blvar y rhai Noethion, ag a ro Jechyd yr rhai kyfwn, mi asoda y kowaith yn ryon, Pvm naw a ddeholant estrouron, [Page 95] Pvm tri yn ymryson bleidiav, Gracia Tempora terra, Tarw Maen Mawrir llawr a ollyngof, llynges ar foroedd am di­roedd a dram wyas.

The Translation, Saith Taliesin, I will first speak of the long and hot Summer, when the Plains be plenty of the nourish­ing Grain, and of the broad Conquest of the gray and nimble Buck, where he will come armed with this party from the West, being the chief conquering Warriour, with everlasting hopes, that he shall enjoy mirth and happiness, and that all preparations shall be in a readiness, Men, horses and Knights from Brittanie in France in preparation: A Navy will sail to the white Island (or Brittain) which will land in Anglesey, when a mighty strong Army cometh from Milford, and the parts adjacent to wards an Army which shall con­trole the waves of Cardigan Seas and Streams, in accomplish­ment of the three dreams.

You shall see three Kingdoms in Contestion, Bickerings and threatenings of wars for three years, three nines will produce a fruitful Issue: after eight they shall wear, three of the best wings will be maintained up, three kines together shall not be seen, three irrecoverable routed wings, and dispersed here and there to all parts, three women down, it will prove true, that one will be supported up insteed of the rest: That time will be a time of gathering, England will be subdued to the Lyon.

Saith Taliesin, I will send a Pearl with three Seas in it, and will make a shower with a [...]o [...] fiery perl to destroy thee, I will make a Beam from little Brittain, I will send members of dogs to eat thee, I will send falshood to the Land, where it comes, I will send a feast from the main Ocean to them that deserve it, I will send a Tree that shall hold on his leaves, I will send Rods to blossom, I will send an end to the false, I wil send a blessing to the Sea and its waves.

I wil set a Fountain in the highest, I wil set wars amongst the old enemies, I wil fill up seven harbours, I wil send many to bear rule and own, that the world may be in strife, I wil set plumes on the naked, and wil send health to the just, I wil [Page 96] put the riches in variance, 5 nines wil make a partition of stran­gers, 5 threes the Wolves wil be in Contestion, Gratia, tem­pora, terra: The great pearled Bull I wil let fal to the earth, and wil sail a Navy over Seas to conquer Kingdomes.

A Prophecy of Taliesin, wherein is shewed the progress of the late wars, Mountgomery fight, the demolishing of Mountgomery Castle, the late Kings treaties, A victory of the Brittish Conqueror over the said King and his Son.

Llyn ghessoeddo bedwar banvedd, kaero dl dorri
A Chyrch Powys diffwyss drefi
A llafnav korch ag orh vyd ynddi

Ag yn y lle ma Rhiw, Rhvdd, digowain iddi, a gwragedd ll [...] ­egir yn rhoi llefain, i loegir y devant, Rhan terfynav a fy­naut gwedi amyl gynborav mawr, a mynch dorri, a brad a brwydrav rhng trofi, a North i Eskyrn seynt, a brain ar gefn gweilgi, a thorrv gwarrogaeth Normandi, ar Goron a lithir i Eryr o Gymrv, ag a gyfyd a bid daioni, a chyfcithie Newydd, Pau [...]wilio Beli, diergryd byd ar gyrhwyn, dav ge nav yn Rhydd or vn Gofin, dav Goronog eiddiog Sydd n, dav gadyr ni obeidw i terfin, Koronawg lli diawg llydan i ter, ha [...]l o hvl Griffith, a enwir i gal wau gytau kywie ni chyfr anna din,

Ag ynwye aevnaw mylynedd yn hedd, gwedi gwledd dev ddeg yn rhyfel diargul, a ddyfi, daiargryd tir oddiar for heli, llv yn ar fog ar faeth Eryr brithon Tirion taer a orfydd.

The Translation. A powerful Navie from four quarten wil batter down castles and citi [...]s, and furiously run to Powys and destroying of cities, and then in Powys wil be red armes with much wo and crying; and the place upon a sleepie hil wil be made without habitation and concourse of people, then En­glish women wil make an out-crie and lamentation, from thence the conquering party wil march to England, and wil be pos­sessed of their share by meates and bounds, and this wil come to [Page 97] pass after many great counsels and divers breaches of truce, and after much treachery and distraction between cities and citizens, and the discovering of the bones of saints, and crowes and ra­vens on the ocean sea.

Then the Allegiance to the Normans wil be cut off, and the Crown wil sl [...]p to the Eagle of Wales, and this wil arise and pro­duce a happy world, and new Lawes.

When this Belinus or great Conquerour wil appear, times of thraledom, perplexity, wil begin to vanish, then the 2 Whelps wil be dismiss [...]d of their se [...]zed dens and these two wil be crow­ned, and their Armies wil be ful of jealousies, 2 keepers which wil not keep their meares and territories, two which wil be crowned, but fierce and of large dimensions, liberal, and of the race of Griffith; and these two Kings shal cal the faithful and loyal false and treacherous, and these wil not divide and share. And surely there shal be eighteen yeares of peace, and after this feasting time there wil succeed twelve years of warrs, and this wil come to pass very cunning and politick according to predi­ctions, and then wil Lands be conquered from the sea, and the Eagle of Brittain with advice of his wise Council, and strength of his army and sharp armes, wil fairly overcome and conquer.

Take notice that the two crowned Whelps are said to be of the race of Griffith; to satisfie the Reader here­in, I must borrow a piece of history from Doctor Powels Chronicle, fol. 97.

In the year of Christ 1050, and in the time of Griffith ap Llewelin Prince of Wales, Makbeth King of Scotland caused a noble man of his, named Baucho, to be cruelly murthered, where upon Fleance the son of the said Baucho, escaping the hands of Makbeth, fl [...]d to Griffith ap Llewelin Prince of Wales, where being courteously entertained, and within few years after fel in love with the Princ [...]s daughter, and got her with childe, and was delivered of a son named Walter, who in few years proved a couragious Spark; this Walter on a time fell [...]ur with one of his companions for calling him a B [...]stard, [Page 98] and slew him; and to avoid the danger of the Law, fled to Scot­land, and was there entertained. and came at last to such favour with the Scottish King, that he was made steward of the Kings revenue; and this steward from Griffith is the original of stew­ards, the late Kings of Scotland, &c.

A Prophesie of a Prophet called the Bergam of Maelor in Denbigh-shire, wherein notable things are fore­told, with the Conquerours descent from the prin­cipality of Powis, and North-Wales.

Traethas a ddywodwyf, Rhyddyd Marchogedd o hyd dydd, avr byddyd kyngor i a for, y kyfyd Gwynedd ar soloch moch, dibe­chod minav ymhyradwys, gwys synghynau lleision fy marchyma chwydd erwau, tithev syngemad ganvad gwynfau, devno da dvw ev hvnau.

Pau gottolero Priodawe k [...]nau, gwae sais ynaros trais, gwedi traws goronon, llidiog Taleithiawg, a Thaleith law mon, die­gryd ar fryd bryd Priodorion, llew llidiawg am gaer lleon, mal Rhod gorfod am kad koed meirion, hwn ywr amser y Terfin Ei­lon, or dehev Rhyfig arson, llyvyrawg yn arson ar Erhwydd, Pau vo Gwinedd ynghy fedd gwedi hedd a goffwy.

Pau so kysauedd Gwinedd hinon, a chyladdfau kwynfau mei­ddion, haf tossog eiddiwg brinhon ffrwytog, 7 fall a Phall ar sa [...]fon, brigawg blaen kwys dwys ym dr [...]chon, a Felider dan draed a gwaed am Goron, ag Anfad yn Rhod rheon.

The Translation. I wil declare and speak, that the dayly riding of a Knight wil be marvelous, when wary advice wil be as precious as gold to a seaman, then molestation from North-Wales wil arise to the swines, then wil we be in Paradise with­out offence, by force of summons and large horses of Kynau, notwithstanding their weak grumbling, and thou, my message, make the cursed groan at the act of our good God.

When the lawful owner of the rights and inheritances of Ky­nau wil arise and appear, who be unto an English, which wil be in the time of death coming, after his wrongful coronation. [Page 99] This frowning Prince and Lord of Anglesey, Lordships wil go on with his purpose for his lawful patrimony, and he shal be a fierce Lyon for Chester, and the Oak of Merioneth and their strength wil be turned like a wheel; this is the time that wil bring a period to strangers, and with proper right relieve Angle­sey, when the cowardly enemy in arms peeps Caernarvon, and when North-Wales be in a straight and troubles, then wil peace and happiness appear; and then wil they boldly dare, bury their former miseries and troubles, then shal be seen a hot and stor­my summer, which wil produce fruitful trees, and miserie to some English, fair issues wil follow their breaches, and their con­testion wil be very hot and sharp, then the Church wil be tram­pled, streams of blood for a crown, and a mighty great one ru­ling the freedom.

A prophesie of the same Bergam for shewing great warrs in behalf of a crown, and that the race of Kynvn wil get the conquest according to the wil of God.

Traethaf it sardd daf, kau wyt kyfauedd am gof diergit byd, bryd ar hvnnaw, ddedd y bydd hydd am fro ar gyn ydd ddifiav kaled.

Pau Frwy, ho yn koed a chad ymryn Gwyn, Meibion am Go­ron Amgyserfydd, Pau cnwarddo ovydd, Gwaith am sylv dav Gwydd, ag yn ddiffaith maith ymdaith mynydd.

Arth o Gyufin, Rhin chyddid, Powis a ddewis nis Adewis, a fyno dvw diav a fydd, un dan kysau kyfar a fydd byd.

The Translation. I wil declare unto thee, skilful Bardh, that shal remember the intolerable misery of old, to them which pass away the same in slumber, but when wil a Stagg be in a prospe­ring way for lawful Territories, and when wil that hard Thurs­day come?

When Trees and Woods begins to flourish and beare, and when an Army be about the Tower, then Lads wil meet for a crown, when the distressed and sad takes heart and laughs, then [Page 100] wil be work about the flowers of a forrest, then it wil be dan­gerous to travel over wide and large mountains.

A Bear from Kynvin wil give deliverance, whom Powis shal choose, and never forsake; whatsoever God purposeth, d [...]ubt­less shal come [...]o pass; one shal bear rule for all, and the world shal be kinde and peaceable.

A prophesie of the same, presenting newes to North and South-Wales, of the Brittish Conquerour, and very notable passages.

Pe gwybyddai Gwynedd ar dehev, a wnio Ryvig dau Rwy­sev, in byddam ar ddyrain hidlon ddagrav, i byddain Anobaith ir maith chwedlav, ar Enkillir ail genavet ddigwydd, kaen wy­bodav, Traetha iti eto, ymron kad ath fad enav, y kysano lloer llemsin kleede, Ac [...]ol a ddenant kad blaen blodev, Arsog Arv­thir kadav mon, yn Aros llios llongav, gwae sais yn aros trin tri d siav.

Tra [...]tha di i wynedd wirion wedd, gwedi tral lawd hid frawd ynhiw fvd a ddyfi sal Taran gwynsau ynglau llywein, gwedi. Talaith maith, mabogydwybawe a rvdd Achwyn yn trefi, ag yngwyn fryn llwe llawer orhi.

The Translation: If North and South-Wales knew what I foresee and know, of liberty from thraldom, they should not be troubled with bitter tea [...]es in their expectations, neither would they be doub [...]ful of our promises predicted of long time; for the second Whel [...] wil be forced to flight, as they may be as­sured the [...]eof by our predictions: I wil tel thee yet, that near the approaching of a warlick enemie, and before the change of a moon, a sharp edg [...]d sword wil appear, at the borders of both brooks, an Army wil appear before blossom time, then the Ar­my of Angl [...]sey wil be very wel accoutered in expectation of a wel ordered Navy; wo be unto an English being forced to ex­pect the fa [...]e of 3 I hu [...]sdaies: Foretel thou to harmless North-Wales of upright intents, that after a long and tedious perplexi­ty, a certain sudden and unexpected time wil come on, like [Page 101] whi [...]lewinde or thunderclap, which wil produce much groan­ing and heaviness: the praier of a principality lost long ago, wil bring in a conscientious man, which will move his enemies to be sensible of his invinc [...]ble power within townes and cities, and about the white Tower wil do the like.

A prophesie of Taliesin predicting warrs in the time of the Lyon of the race of Llewelin, and of the ap­pearance of the Eagle of North Wales in such time.

Rhyfel Crv yngan Llewelyn lew, Pan ddiwedd Rhwyfan E­ryr Rhwyfawe, Tynye, Tylodawe Annedd gost gan saason, Rhv­thro brithon braith gadwynedd, Pau so grian fa kad gamlan gwaeddsau gwragodd, Gwerin yn gryd, a Chreveu gwa [...]d ar hyd kryssed [...], a braw llafnav, a Chas Angav Arvan Arvadd a berav garew, a gwye yn feiro o faieddi hedd, a diwedd y dydd kymro a orfydd, ag Engil ar ffordissaeth fro heb fren hinedd, a moeo lydan i bob maban mad i sonedd, oes fodd i bob dedwydd dibe [...]h bychedd; b chawd wyledd, Archant ar wawd ir hael drindawd can trigaredd.

The Translation. That the Lyon of Llewelin wil be an instrument of warrs and out-cries, but after the travels and so­journing of an Eagle, the sumptuous and costly building of the English wil be impoverished and demolished, and an Army of linsey winsey wil trouble and vexe the Brittains in North-Wales; then the women shal howle and cry for fear and terror of the unruly multitude, who wil shew themselves very terri­ble and cruel, and shed innocent blood in streams, then the sight of swords and weapons wil terrifie, and then they which the sword wil hate shal be put to lye on their ground, the harbours wil be filled up with fearful storms, and the long continuance of warr wil cause a marvellous sl [...]ughter of men; and by the end of the day, a Welsh wil overcome and conquer, and then the English enemy w [...]l be without a King, and forced to flye away, and in such time complements wil be most fine, and care to the [Page 102] Poorest vassals and to all degrees of persons, from such dissem­bling and counterfeit age let every righteous soul bless himself, and pray unto the liberal Trini [...]y for mercy and deliverance.

A prophesie of Taliesin of great warts in Brittain, and of the conquest of a Brittain, and the white har­vest after such warrs, as also of an Englishm [...]n [...] last period.

I ddvw yr Archaf er i groes lettaf, nef ir enaid yr hynchri tiof, daroganaf yr hin a garaf, a gyrry yn ddysie yr dwse lletaf, ar y meirch lercennav yn e hyn brinnaf, Garfydded Brithon or brathkrntaf, o hytre eylon hyd hyfre ganon, y kynhaiaf Gwyn gwedi drvd ymladdon, byd anamyl er wain byd amal kelain, bed Bran or Gogledd, byd llv ar eochwydd, byd Gwynt ar hint gar­llaw Rhod wydd, byd sais ar drank, byd di gynvdd ar frank, byd kymry yn rhvdd rhwydd diaink, byd Rhysel yn dersin, byd paw­byn gweiddi, byd Pobl yn gryd rhag osa Engil y.

The Translation. Unto God I poure forth my prayer, for his sake that bare the large and free cross, that the righteous soules may enjoy heavenly bliss, which is the chief and most ne­cessary wish: next I wil predict of that which is most deare unto mee, that is, that there may be a merry sending away to the broad ocean, on horses of trees, when there is most neces­sity, and that a Brittain with his Brittains may overcome the first a [...]tempt; then the white harvest will follow after their dear fighting, the slaughter shal be much, and the dead carkasses in heaps, a raven shal be from the North, an army shal be in go­ing, let violent windes arise about the enemy to his destruction, then an English wil be near to destruction, and the French from such a day fall to decay and ruine; then the Welsh wil escape free from allegiance, and then such warrs wil bring a period, then wil be a general complaint and feeling of the smart of warr, and the people delivered from the fear of an English by force of continual warlick posture.

A prophesie of Taliesin, fore-telling, that after the raising of the graves and carkasses in the Church-yard of Corboe Chu [...]ch, a lamentable time wil follow, with signes and tokens of such troubles.

Gwedi kyfoder y Beddav ym mynwent axrbow ynoi bydd die i daw diabodde, ag Ellmin dreisiaw, a Gwendid yu lleisiaw llais orvoledd, llawer Ʋewiu a vydd, llawer dydd diliyr, llawer sais heb pais mewn pris kowir, llawer gwaiw llisaid, llawer gwr mewn llaid, llawer gwaed mewn dwr, a chynnwr ymmaus y goes, llawer kymro llawen, llawer sais hebi ben, llawer llen yn vnig, llawer kysrwy yn wag, llawer march yn chydd, llawen Gwyndo­dydd, ar llew yn Gorfod, a chymry yn dysod a ball yn lladd, a gwr o Angladd, ag ynlef ynghaer, el llefain yn daer, byd dydd llawen wedi Nodolig ymhob gradd.

The Translation. After the breaking up of the graves in Corboe Church-yard, then wil be dayes of trouble and revenge, the strangers of Germany wil commit fraud and oppression, the cryes and groans of the poor shal break forth, then there shal be much hunger, and sorry dayes, many English tumbling in coats most dear and true unto them, many deadly wounds by weapons, many a man groveling at the point of death, much ef­fusion of blood in water, and an uproar in Maes y Groes, or field of the Cross, many a Welshman rejoycing, many English without he [...]ds, many pulpits destitute of Teachers, many saddles without their Riders, many horses without their owners; then the friendly party in North-Wales wil rejoyce at the victory and conquest of the Lyon, then Brittains wil be in advance, and he that shal loose wil murder; and the dead shal rise again, then wil be howling cities, cozening wil be common, and short­ly after Christmass wil be a merry world to all degrees. The beheading of the King.

A prophesie of Taliesin, fore-telling the strange re­moval of marvellous great stones in North-Wales, from the bottom to the top of Aheigh, steepy and inaccessible hills, which came to pass some seventy years ago, and of changes, dissanting Parliament, and heavy warrs that should follow.

Pau gyfoder main Gwynedd oi Gorweddfa
A ffawbyn kyfarch Parch ir Pena
Yna i bydd krevlon ffalster a thwaha
A chwnsel briwedig a dig affla
Ar kam ar i farch ur kowir yn yssa
Ag ymladd ymhob gradd heb lueddu
A laddo kolain a fvdd Pena
A ddy wetoyn vchel a ekwir yn ddoetha
A ffoinder of wnai a digon o sara
A meir wyn ddrvd heby mvd mwa
Yna i chiser Gynedd drawag yma
Ag yna i syrth yni plith y chwith gymausa
Ar P. ai kymell ir fordd bella
Pau ddel e lwddi fynvddr assa
Gwyn i fyd ymmhowys y kysrwyssa
Gwystlon Rhv drychion agyrchiridrowa
Y, P. o lan ell ai kymell ir ddalfa
Gwiddel ar y tir a welir yna
Ag o faelawr sawr yr ymgweiria
Yno i bydd dedwydd mynyddy widdfa
Ag o hyny allan saeson a ddiflanna.

The Translation. When great and heavy stones be raised in North Wales, lifted up and removed from their ancient seats, and when all people and persons wil be honouring the chiefest, then wil be cruel falshood and contempt, a bruised Council, anger and sharp punishment; then the unjust shill be on horse, and the just and the innocent down, and fightings a­mongst all degrees, but not handsomly in [...]he field; hee that [Page 105] wil kill dead, wil be counted the bravest man; the loudest and biggest in speech wil be held the wisest, and then wil be scarci­ty of money, but sufficient of bread; and the dead wil make a dear and sorry barga [...]n, but without their cheife treasure with them.

Then North-Wales wil be divided here and there, but an uni­v [...]r [...]al and unexpected slaughter wil fall amongst them, and P. wil labour to send them afarr away, when the Stagg comes to the mountain of Assag, happy wil the wisest be then in Powis, violent and strong h [...] stages wil be fetch't to London; the P. from Llanelli wil entic [...]h [...]m to the su [...]e hold, then Irish wil be seen in Brittain land, and in Maelor the Great wil be pre­parations; then shal Snouden mountain be happy, and thence­forth the enemy of the English party shal fail.

Now to the Stones; which is very remarkable.

In accomplishment of this Prophesie, about years ago, in a place called Kw [...] Kowny in the County of Caernarvon, between two great hills there lyes a Pond of standing water, at the edg of which lyed two great Stones of admirable great­ness and weight, yea so huge in greatness that a thousand yoak of Ox [...]n could not move them; but suddenly about the time aforesaid, these Stones were conveyed from the edg of the said Pool, towards the top of a very high, steep and inaccessible hill, above the said Pool, in distance 12 score, of perpendicular height, where they (and their first seats where they formerly stood) are to be seen to this day, and old people yet living which will justifie all this.

The removal of such Stones (I hope) will be granted miracu­lous, and if so, surely it pretended some strange event, for God shewed none in vainet

  • 1. Wee finde that this came to pass about King Jumes his coronation in England.
  • [Page 106] 2. That the Stones were in number two, and neither more nor less.
  • 3. That they were removed from a barren bottom to a very high fertile hill.
  • 4. That they were put to rest on the side of the top of the said hill, in a slippery place, and subject to tumble down.

To the first observation, it is vey probable, that seeing this came to pass before the coronation of King James, that is p [...]r­tended his coming from a barren Countrey to wear a triplicite Crown.

To the second, that the Stones were in number two, did sig­nifie that two and no more of that race should hold and e [...]joy the said triplicite Crown.

To the th [...]rd, that they were removed from a foggy and bar­ren soyle, to the side of a wholesom fertile banck, did portend barren Sco [...]land, and fertile England.

To the fourth, that they were settled to rest in a slippery plane subject to role away, did portend what afterwards came to pass, that there was a possibil [...]ty to cast them down, or de­pose them.

And whereas, that they were seated over a perpendicular place, and in case they should be removed or rolled downwards, that then it was impossible (without the like miracle) they should again be brough [...] up.

That likewise portended, that if these Kings should be de­posed, that there was a like impossibility they should never af­ter be re-enthroned.

Well, this Prophet did fore-see some wonderfull passage, seeing it was fore-told, and that for the space of near 1100 years before this came to pass.

A prophesie of Taliesin, fore- [...]elling the coming of a mighty strong Conquerour to rule and heale the Brittains, and of great warrs in such time, with promise of peace.

Pau d [...]el y kada [...]n i gaer sal ves frau, i suddianv kymrv [...]ydd ygawl, amk [...]n i by [...]d brwyd r ar frys megis kad gamlan, ag ar [...]ry y bydd gwyl gwaiwa tharrian, [...]g o hyny all [...]n gwae sau o drais a gais hir deigsa.

The Translation. When the strong comes to the Citie, to heale and possesse the distempered B [...]ittains, in possib [...]lity, there wil be then c [...]nfusion, crosse meeti [...]gs and fightings shortl [...] af­ter wil be a holy-day for P [...]kes, Targets and Arm [...]s, and from thence forth wo be unto an English for his opp [...]ession and con­tinuance.

The Bergam.

Pallv yn y ffodd, ag ynil y Goron ar holl Geveved.

The Translation. That the Catholick Faith shal be eclipsed and fall, and that the Crown and all the Cities, Castles and Towns shal be conquered.

A prophesie of the Bergam, setting out the beginning of great warrs, the d [...]vision of Armies, the death and confining of the late King, and of d [...]liverance by the B [...]ittish Conquerour.

Pau gauer kirn, kynwr ymchissyrdd, gwae gweled gwraig diosnawg, ym wvdd ymphirtl girth gythrwfwl, a gwidd il mal kwiaid h [...]aid dvarydwl, ar amrawd ymchau gweiddi, ymberi yn deirchau digwyl ar lwybyn, a llawer llwybyr arvor llydon, ag or tri niv r ner y neidian.

  • [Page 108]1. Ʋn ddehevbath gyfarth gyfan.
  • 2. Ar ail ir Berfedawlad or wlad erwan
  • 3. Ar drydidd i Englond argladd gwynfau.

Ag fal drvdwy drvd ymladdan, saeson nevr orfod yngod, ag yman kymrv anhvnawg chwanawg i kyfrau, Paboth a gersi an, ne anghysan, oni so marwy Tarw Torvoedd llydan, ynhwr gostynger, a hedd meddir gyfau, Erddwch Pryderwch a Ghyn­hevwch dau, a gweddrioch ddw yn ddysal, y gwrach gwyr ach gweryd etto, daw llew llaw Owain darogan pob traha taeithid dvw i hvnan.

The Translation. When the Trumpet is blown, then will be uproar in the high-wayes, wo be unto the innocent women, or such who want policy to escape the fury, unruly actions and distractions in the gates and entrances by sudden and furious ap­proach, then the Irish wil be like Ducks crossing of boggs, and crying ou [...], Brother Branach help.

The warlick Army will be d [...]vided into three parts, the paths wil keep h [...]ly-dayes, or without concourse of travellers, and then will be many pathes on the sea, and the three Armies will leap.

  • 1. One with an eager and sharp bark to South-Wales;
  • 2. The other to Denbighshire and the bottoms;

The third to England, which wil produce death, slaugh­ter, and great mourning, and like steers will be their dear and bloody sights: the English will make hard confl [...]cts, Wales will be restless and apt to share or divide.

But it is to no purpose for them to seek peace or truce, till the death of a Bull with large territories, and owner of great multi­tudes, who will be confined in a strong Prison, and brought low, and afterwards will plenty of peace be obtained, then fall to your prayers, tillage and husbandry, and serve God constant­ly, giving him the only land and praise; for he that knoweth your sufferings, will yet send you deliverance; for the heavy head of the Lyon, which is Owen the prophesied Conquerour, [Page 109] he shal deliver you from your all your miseries, as God himself hath appointed.

A prophesie of Adda fras, a Prophet and a Poet, as you are told already, wherein is fore-told the late Warrs, with a conquering of forrain enemies.

Diargel Rhyfel am ddwylan konwy, ar kyuwr a ddaw i gaer deganwy, a llynrges ar des ar draws mowedwy, a llwrwf a llawn, hmyl chwyl Rhywelwyf, Ped war kernt a devkin a Pher dair, a mil mwy, gida thrigain, llynged kaui, kylhwy yw dvw kyfarfod a wnan, a lloegir or diwedd a dawaw ynboeth a [...] ardal gowarth yn die gysan, i Owain ben draig bier darogou, yn wir gwe biefydd tir Terfynav kynnan.

The Translation. Fierce warres is pred [...]cted to the borders of both sides of the river of Conway, tumult and uproar to Townes, and a Navy in summer time will cross both seas, then violent sailings, hasty preparations and continual stormes. When the year 1664 comes about, a Navie will be in a readi­ness to be sent, God is true in his promise, then at last the said Navie will saile from England, then England will be entirely assigned to Owen, the head Dragon, unto whom belongs the predictions. And verily he is the onely man that will own and possess the ancient Rights and Liberties of Kynan.

A prophesie of Adda fras, fore-telling of warres, of short trouble to the Brittish Conquerour of the race of Owen ap Cadwgau, of the starting up of Sects and Sectaries to trouble the Church, but at last Sectaries and Plotters shall vanish.

Disgogan awen ffwn ffawydd gvl blaen blodev, byd a flonvdd, kad ymhowys, koed a gyrchant, ag yn y kad lliaws a ddywedin, l [...]vdd yn lloegrwys llydan froedd, ag a awy boloch och a fvdd, Pendefig Powys ar hydd, Pawbai kyfarth gwarth a ddiffidd, [Page 110] mi wn i daw [...]r naw n [...]v nydd, Esgor i lvdd d Pennaeth fydd, a lerth malhelin [...] hydd diav yn i fro frei [...]iog [...]eb ffydd, G [...]e­rin yn yn crm [...]s Pres y [...] ynydd.

The Transl. I will search a prophesie, so freely as out of cup: at the breaking out of blossoms, a troubles [...]m time, an A [...]my in Powis, which will betake them [...]l [...]es to the woods; and in the woods many will say, that th [...]re is great sl [...]ughter in England, with their broad and larg [...] border. An houre of trouble will be to the Stagg and the worthy own [...]r of Powis, who shall be respected and ho [...]oured of all, whose dis­honour shall vanish; and I know he w [...]ll c [...]me of the nineth Ancester, he shall reco [...]er his troubles and we [...]isome course of war- [...]are, and b [...]come chief or head Ruler, and he shall be as a nimble Stagg, but his kingly Countrey will be one day with­out the true Faith, and some people will be seditious and trou­blesome.

A prophesie of Merlin Silvestris, setting forth the late Warr; the Lyon and Dragon from Wales, with future peace.

Darogan Merdlin Panaeth drevin, ar bawl egorvd y bv i dynged Mal Rbod yn troi.

Tra maith hwilie, tra [...]lawd maith, tra chymell trothe, traws ofyn dr [...]ig mynwyn yn mynv trin, ynghyech a Phyerh am borth­va [...]v gw [...]nwyn gyn rhioin gaurhiav, At [...]aw ffrac [...]h y devant ddifiav, ag am gwyn Rhiaui Rhy felvedd afydd a d [...]ffaeth elfydd, [...]ll myn heb Allvkir rhv, gwynfyd Gwenddyed or gwavio o wander sais ai hinseliav, ai llwgwr maith ar i kysrwithlav a llaeihir yn briddwn, brad hob chiav, a gwaith F [...]aink Aissrawd ar longav, a gwaith dovyr yn ddibyrys Angav, Ecosed oes fawr a Giglew gelwyf a d far Bleiddi [...] drai [...] dywyll, Towyll a gole, an choddoyn chvdd, Adnevrau o wledd, oesawled h [...]b [...]isiav.

The Translation▪ Merthin towards his latter daies, and [Page 111] while his b [...]east laid on a sharp stake, turning thereon like a wheel, said, That sayles shall ride afarr way, that troubles will be of long continuance, that Texa [...]i [...]ns shall be imposed, and that the whi [...]e D [...]agon wi [...]l wrongfully se [...]k to rule and ord [...]r, shrewd tugging and poysonous bemo [...]ni [...]g in and abouts the ha [...]b [...]urs, and also m [...]ch slaughter to them which shall side with the woman, on a Thur [...]day.

And warrs shall be in behalf of the woman, a sorry and false Coun [...]rey, the Germans failing, not daring to appear; happy and glad is Gwendelina of their miserie, and of the failings and weakness of the Engl [...]sh, and also for breaking and renewing of their Lawes, and for the sorrow and heaviness of England; treachery without number will they attempt, and the work at Dover will be without feeling or account of death, but a won­derous, a good and fierce L [...]on will destroy the Wolves; a d [...]rk Dragon, yea, dark and clear, will set us at libertie, and feast us with feasts for ages without want or end.

A prophesie of Merlin Ambrose, predicting the co­m [...]ng of an E [...]gle of the B [...]it [...]ish race in a certain ag [...], and this Eagle he calls the prophesied Corque­rour, or fiery D [...]agon of invincible strength, in whose time will be great slaughter.

Eryr, a Gyfvd, bryd ymmrithon, draig darogan tau yng [...] wn­fan, ef a ddaw kadarn fal haiarn er saru a vfnon trymiad mal i gwelon, ef a dra digwydd or gwydd gwnion, ef a ddwg i gr [...]d y gwydion, ag yna i gw [...]lir ar y t [...]r tirr [...]on, meibion ymddisa [...]d, a gwragedd heb a gerain.

The Translation. Tha [...] an Eagle shall arise at a certain time from the race of the Brittains, & this will be the prophesied fiery Dragon, which will be an instrument of loss, and this will come with invincible strength as strong as iron to the Judgment, who will terrifie his fugitive enemies when he app [...]ars; he shall h [...]a­vily fall in from the white Roses, hee shall bring Infidelss to be­lieve, [Page 112] and in his time will be seen on the land fatherless children, and women without their husbands.

A prophesie of Merlin Ambrose, by way of questions, wherein is set out a Conquerour, of the late warrs punctually and exactly fore-told, and of a peaceable time that shall follow.

Qu. Mi Athofynaf Merddin Emris, Pawr a orfydd, Pa d e a geysid, Pa fyd a dowys Marchog na farthog Rhieiddiog yn llys a dyer, ar hya Gwynedd Gwyndodydd, lvav d [...]hedd, dyhv­naut, arseiddiant gadav kadarnsal haparn barn pwy orav, Pau fo brwydyr am gyfrwng a than golav, Gwae offeiriad llau, gwae agol o i ran or hin gorav, gwae gadarn enwir, gwae ef Aughy­fiawn engil, gwae ddigassog Arglwydd ai werin hylwydd or hil orav, diav yar ddyhor kyngor kyng vav, gwae a ddotto i fryd ar frad golav, Gwyn blaen blod av, krin kaugav gwydd, kethin llwn, gegawn mynydd, llym gwaiw, gwae nis arhovdd, dalhal­mal a mynych lvydd, dadkvdd Llew or llin yr gallvt dythrin, byd bod heb benne, darogan y daw rhag llaw, llai fydd y trethav, a thwyllwyr bradwyr ymrad yw rbiaw, rhiav a thwyll, yn ym­arser ni wybyddie karait e chwant chwedlav, k [...]foaaut, kieiddi­aut, Pawb a ddaw mawr vddi Pridder, difiav ebolydd heb vedd av, ag yn i hous y kyvd kadav, ag y bydd gwynfyd worth y byd gorav, a ffobl ddrvd o vcher Ammav, gwedi gor modder gor­wyn chiav, gwnewch a archaf a erchais mathv, na fyddwch an y hvn, bob vn bod dav, na wn wch gam gyfraith, na wnewch chewedlau, narowch ychenaid ymhylaid kassav.

The Translation. I will demand of Merlin Ambrose, what manner of man will the Conquerour b [...], what lands will hee conquer, what kinde of world will a Knight and no Knight lead? A person possessed with too much Jealousie will dissent in a broken Counsel, then A [...]mies will cross fair North-Wales to and fro, where much effusion of blood will be made, which will make North-Wales rouze them, to put themselvs in posture [Page 113] of defence to with stand the enemie, and their Army wil be as strong as iron; and then wil be a great question, which of ei­ther party wil carry the Conquest, and then when distraction be for the mid-land with open fire or warr, wo be unto Mini­sters of Churches, who be unto their which shall loose the best share, wo be unto the strong and false, wo be unto the unjust English, wo be unto the odious and chief Lord, which shal loose his gallant men of the best rank, for one day will make a separation between him and his Council; wo be unto him that wil hatch open treachery, when blossoms break out, and when boughs be brittle, and dangerous walking amongst shrubs, and scandalous travelling of moun [...]ains, and when Pikes be sharp, then wo be unto the fugitive, and when they fall to bickering, with pursute and flying, with shewing of Armies and little fighting, a Lion wil start up and be discovered, and this will be of a race that might put them in fear and terrour, and hee shall cause men to want their heads; and I do prophesie that he shall come, a [...]d t [...]at heavy taxations shall be lessened, and that the false and [...]r [...]acherous shall study nothing but manifold treachery, and these shall make a common practice of such treacherous plots till they be destroyed, and they shall love and covet news of lies and inventions; and after such plots they wil rise in armes, grow cruel, all shal be enj [...]yned, but great wil their sorrow be on a Thursday, but by and by without graves; and while these plot­ters live, wil armies be in a readiness to suppress and destroy them, and then wil be a good world next unto a better, and diffident people shal rue their incredulity; and after a sufficient warr wil follow manifold blessings and good dayes; and then let them do as I bid, viz. let them fall to their coynings, and let them not be divided by one and two; let them m [...]ke no exact no unjust Lawes; let them not suggest lies and fancies, neither let them be heartless, nor firm with the odious party.

Taliesins Creed in another way out of another book.

Krist Jessv ke i ti y koiliaf, dy fod yn dri ag yn vn ag iawn gviliaf, [...]awn dy alwd [...] yn fab plant Addaf, Jawn dy Alw yn ysl yd fymwyd naf, Jawn dy Alw yn greawdwr Emmerawdwr Penaf, Jawn dyalw yn wir ddin ag yn wir ddvw gorvwchaf, it helpv kymrvhif y dywedaf, Ti agysodaist i fiw o sedd dai arfa, Ti a ddygi r kymrv a k [...]m ddausan yna, Ti a himpiyn y gerdd [...] gynawon Troya, fe ddaw Brithon yn llawn ky [...]rwysrda, yna i diwreiddir kyffion for mania, ag ir ynill [...]r Tyrnas Britta­nia, Maranedd gwledd gamber a ganaut haleluiah, Na Bardd na di furdd eythr dvw dofvdd, Ne serddin, ne gywaid o gader sidin, or hav [...] i ddaiar, o dowyn hid er chydd, ondmi Taliesin nid oes gyfarwyddni.

The Translation. Christ Jesus, in thee w [...]ll I believe, who art three, and yet but one according to my right beliefe; wor­thy art thou to be called a son of the children of Adam; wor­thy art thou call [...]d a spirit, which art my Lord and life; worthy art thou called a Creator and head Emperour, worthy art thou called perfect Man and perfect God the highest; worthy mayest thou help the Brittains, with boldness I speak it; thou hast risen from thy earthly grave, wh [...]re thou hast been laid; thou wilt (in thy appointed time) exalt the Brittains from their trembling conditions; and thou wilt engraft the Trojan race in the rich garders; yea, the Brittains (yet) will becom a politick N [...]tion. Then the great Oaks of the Germane race shall be rooted up, and the kingdom of Brittain shall be conquered; then the dark and mystical feast of the race of Kamber shall sing haleluiah; neither Bardh or Poet, nor Merlin, nor any which shall arise from the chair of Sidin, nor any else from the solary element to the ter­restrial orb, nor from darkness to light, hath perfect knowledg, but God the chief Conquerour.

Here you may observe, That the Angel delivers his Con­fession of the sacred Trinity in Ʋnity, in a most reverend man­ner of speech.

[Page 115] Then hee proce [...]ds with a prophesie of what shall befall to Great Brittain, wherein is to be noted his humility and reve­rence attributed to the blessed Trinity, saying, With boldnesse I speak let such and such happiness and restauration come to pass; where in the rest of his prophesies de [...]ivered in way of discourse with men, he saith peremptorily, Such and such thi [...]gs shall come to pass.

And whereas he saith, that the Brittains will become a poli­tick Nation, he altogether in this and the rest of his prophesie alludes to their politick perseverance in the service of th [...] true God, and that they (or the Inhabitants of Brittain) will be the first and chief politick Instruments to reform the Church of God amongst themselves first, then among [...]t the dissenting Christians and Jewes, according to the platform doctrine and original pu [...]ity of Christ and his Apostles.

Then, to dash the arrogancy of man, he saith, That the per­fect gift of prophesie proceeds only from God the fountain, and that the gift lieth not in the power of Merlin, Angels nor Mortals within the circle of the Sphere, but only in himself, or such that receive it from above.

A Revelation of Gro [...]wddv of Angl [...]sey, wherein an Angel revealed unto him the kingly succession in the regal Government, until the coming of the Brittish Conquerour, who is clearly set out, and that the said Conquerour should appear 222 years after the same revelation, or in the year 1642.

Y dywedodde Angel,
Mae a bair dervin gelin gilant
Gwr llydan i gledd, balch i fonedd kysedd karant
A ddawi ostwng son saeson trychion trachwant
A neirif bob kant i gwskarant,

1, Qu. Pa brid fydd hynny,

An. Pau ddell llynges ir werddon a dav Amrafael ddynion, kymrv di eiddilon, a ddaw yn wyr i ynyll tir brithon, yna i dy­waid y de winion gwyn [...]fyd brithon, a gwaer saeson.

2. Qu. Pa brid fydd hyny,

An. Pau dd [...]l aneirif o rif i cyfeddv ar glawr tair gwawe trin kymro taliethwg freinog frenin, y ynwy ai gariad ymysg i wtrin, llydan i gledd Pell i derfin, Gwenwyn awg llidiawg yn llad i elyn.

4. Qu. Pa brid fydd hyny.

An.
Pau fo ar loegir ddiefawr ddychrynv
Ag ymlaen kad kafod o re we oerddv
I daw i loegir lydan dan o bob tv
A chai o honint i hinan yni llygrv.

5. Qu. Pa brid sydd hyny.

An. Pau fo gy gwalkog agwragedd kribog ar meibion yn yf kellog, ag ysgaln seigie, ag [...]ssara bev nvdd, a chetddawr gwag­lav, a diffarth fynwentoedd a diffig ar y deiled, a chwymp. ar y delwav, ar Bryniav yn gostwng, ar tommenid yn kod, abrith fyd ky flown drift, achwgi r avr, a chl-fyd ar racian, a bradog ky­billach, a Marsolaeth heb gwyn, a d drvdaineth heb eisle.

The Translation. Said the Angel in this Revelation to Gro [...]wddv,

It will come to pass, that a person will start up to put a peri­od to the fugitive enemie, who will be a man with a broad sword, of a noble descent, and which will joyn in feasting and familiarity with his own.

And he will come to subdue the height of the English ene­mie, and will also disperse them by hundreds and multitudes, to a forlorn condition.

1. Qu. Said Gronwddv, when will that come to passe?

An. When a Navy comes to Ireland with two several dis­senting Nations; Brittaines then (casting off their weaknesse) will conquer the land of Brittain; then will Beirdhs say, Happy are the Brittains, and wo to the English enemie.

2. Q. When will that be?

An. When a liberal person of the race of Llewelin comes from his Countrey with purpose to overcome, having his Ban­ner of red and yellow, he shall possesse the territories and ex­tents of Kynvyn.

3. Q When will that be?

An. When a marvellous great number will be forth-coming, and divided in three several battalioes at the command of an he­roical Spirit, which will be a Princ [...]ly Brittain, and a King of Kingdomes, surpassing all in the love and obedience of his Ar­my, of a bro [...]d sword and farr extents, who shall run furiously to destroy his enemie.

4. When will that be?

An. When England be in a terrible fear, and before an Army a shower of cloudy and cold frost, then will come to England fire from either side, and some of themselves, or from their own bosomes, betraying them.

5. Q. When will that be?

An. When men wear locks, and women with dressings like wings about their eares, and curled hair, the lads with flying wings, slight dishes, and daily in armes, musitians without re­ward, and of empty hands, Church-yards vil fied, Tenants in di­stresse, and when Crosses and Images fall, when the hills descend and hillocks ascend, then will be a sorry world of sullennesse and heavinesse, gold hanged and silver buried, fellowship deceit­full and treacherous, death without moan, and dearth without want.

A prophesis of Taliesin, exhorting all to confide in Je­sus for help; then proceeds to foretell of the Dra­gon of the race of Blethin ap Cyinvin, and of his warlike actions.

Kyfaddav r drindawd kyfoethev
Kyfoethawg llvossawg llew yr oesev,
Kyfarwaith r Jessv ind eisiev,
Kyfarchawn kanwn k [...]rn ddifiev,
Rhag llef korn dovydd diamev,
Ergrynant rhag pechant pechodev,
Gwadau lv elyflv warthredev,
Awnaethant rhag goomawdd keryddev,
Gwadant blant awnaethant o Annoe [...]hev,
[Page 118] Rhag vthurder maint prydder barnev,
C [...]er yn glaer ir glan eneidiev,
M [...]t [...]anet a gano ir caerev,
Adfid kvr a meth kymell trethev,
Adfid chysel dvdd a dial v,
Adfid draig Powys yng [...]ochwys graev,
Adfid brain Gwynedd yngikleddev,
Adfid arthdiwarth o Barthdehev,
Dygyrchir i ysgar car canedev,
Adfid saeson taer wedy yrnev,
Adfid tra [...]ws efgvs maerv [...] Cornev,
Adfid kl [...]w kerniw rhag kamwyev,
Yn [...]ordd kyni yngn [...]f llafnev,
Adfid clef cletfrwydd yn llawu ffrydiev,
Adfid gwaed a [...]hra [...]d yn eisiev
Apfid Amfro dorres mre [...] by ddimiev
A bidd i gymry or hyt gyr chev,
Adfid karthar sais wedi treisiev
A chwres heb fydd am hagredir klydwyr klwydev
A chyn diben choyf plwyf yn eisiev
Ag oesawr maelawr ae gorfawd gorav
Ag yssig ellmyn ar gryn wrth goev
Ag am gesynr ais kofiawdyr treisiev
O draffedd kymrv kymro dadiev
A throssi hasren i hounienrv
A threiswyr prydain rhag kigweiniev
Pob kant i kadwant i tir fydev
Twrwf ag anhedd gwedi gwleddev
Tarif Alltvd ar fvd rhag kythriddiev
Athro pob athro a olevo lyfrev
Athro nef addef heddwch biev
Dibechawd i wawd brawd eneidiev
Digervdd dafvdd dvwyn cheidiev
Ednebydd awydd a wyddiev
A wyddev hid frawd traeth solawd
Sal diamev.

The Translation.

Let us make our confession to the blessed and rich Trinity, who is riches it self, a warm supporter and ruler of ages, where­in the righteous works of Jesus are abundantly manif [...]sted unto the sons of men without want; unto whom we should preferr our humble petitions, and blow every Thursday a Trumpe [...], least we be terrified with the nois of the Lords Trumpet that certain­ly shall sound, let sinners quake and tremble for their sins pre­sent and past.

A Nation have denied the confession of their manifold sins committed like streams of Rivers; and [...]his they have done for the terrour of their deserved punishment; nay, they will deny the making bare of inn [...]cent children, least the terrour of judg­ment should dishearten them.

Let the pure soules lovingly enj [...]y the cities, and let them prosper which singeth out the prosperity of cities, and walles, which shall enjoy misery, heaviness and payment of Taxations, wo and misery will fall unto them when warrs and revenge will come amongst them, wo and misery unto them when a D [...]agon from Powis appears amongst them, whose warlike actions will produce streames of [...]list [...]ring blood from his enemies, miserie when the Ravens of North W [...]l [...]s will begin their slaughtered feast, miserie when the worthy Bear from the borders of the South will appear, and when men are fetcht to separate a predi­cted kinsman from his own; miserie to the active English after their losse of a kingdom, misery for merciless excuses, misery to Cornw [...]ll when it shall hear of their wrongful doings, where blades of swords sh [...]ll hack and hew for their sins; misery wh [...]n man [...]f [...]ld and cruel bloody streams shall run, and when feet and legs shall [...]e wanting, misery shall fall from the violent heat of Armies; and let all these miseries and slaughter prove advantagious to the Brittains; miserie to an English, confined, after his wrongful proceedings, and then a she-Gyant will be without gaine; and before the end of the plague a parish will be wanting, and the aged from Maelor by such a time w [...]ll g [...]t the [Page 120] best conquest, and the bruised Germanes shall lament their mi­serable loss [...], with bloody stro [...]ks about their ribs in remem­brance of their oppression, in oppressing a man paternally from the Brittains, the oppressors of Brittain with their ravening clawes turned of.

Then shall be tumults and insurrections after slaughters, but the impotent shall afte [...]wards be suppressed with violence, to prevent their plottings and insurrections.

He that shal discover these miseries to great Brittain, shal be counted a Teacher of teachers, and the wise teacher of hea­ven guide and blesse him with pe [...]ce; his innocent work will be of the nature of spiritual godly souls, and l [...]t the Lord God re­lieve his wants and plead for him, and such shal understand the gift of his knowledge, and I wil deliver with praise that his knowledge may never fail him him.

A prophesie of the Bergam beginning with exhortations to observe prophesies, promising a Conquerour under the name of Owen of the Bri [...]tish race, and of the late Kings death.

Byddawd clav clowed chwedlev gau thwedlievidd,
Llo gwyn ar gynnyd mal tan melt malltraeth dygyrchydd,
A chymry oi kymell agysbell fydd,
Tair nos ag wythnos ni ddihvnydd,
Tair kad ymhoniat ynlidiat hydd,
Nos ar sordir ches evry fedd,

Ni ery neb n [...] gohebydd, Merich garhirion, ar gwyr tobyr twion, ar bwyill eilon pen boned kylauedd kvlion, Gwae sais oi drais deahon, Gwir ddvw gwyr ar dylon, mal blaen kawn yn kwy­naw yr llawe pau ddother gawr yngrawydd arson peayt yn gryt a phyt marchogion, gwyr O [...]ain goralwon, gwaet dres draet gwedi drvd ymladdon, wynt bievdd dydd or diweddon, ag a yr or phasev Rhig as rhigolion.

The Translation. Let the declaring and publishing of these predictions be kindely accepted from the Publisher; there wil [Page 121] come a thriving and prosperous person, who shal nimbly start up like the fire from lightening, then the Brittains wil be invei­gl [...]d to take arms and to match a farr distance from their abode, which shal keep them awake for a week and three nights, then wil the Stagg have three armies upon the borders of seas to chase and pursue his enemies with a loud out-cry; God wil not assault any, but such that shal resist him, who shal have nimble and stout horses and couragious men with sharp axes; and this Stagg wil be of the best royal race by discent, who wil make a g [...]eat sl [...]ughter of the flying and fugitive enemie, then wo be to a fraudulent English; the true God knoweth their defects; th [...]y shal be scattered away with the winde like chaff, when a great and strong man shal be put down by a river side, from thence forwards w [...]l their m [...]aning be remediless, and their gallant Knig [...]ts lying in cold earth; and after their dear fighting and bloody slaughter, the couragious men of Owen wil get the con­quest and the glory of the day, and shal drive away from the Palaces and Castl [...]s the odious to swim.

A prophesie of Merlin Silvestris, but cited by Addafras, wherein is set out terrible threatnings against the late Royal party; also of a Conquerour of the race of Cynvin.

Y Meibion moel on a fydd altid on, ir garth yn grwn yn hwr y saeson, mawr fyd [...] i chyddit, Pau gaffant gau ddvw ddial i llvd Geiri [...]v a glowant, hwyntai de hallan [...], trwm fydd i dial p [...]u i talwynt.

T [...]li ithawg Owain dan arfav llisain, gore vn [...]ab gau d [...]vw, wy [...] ith ddamwain, ha [...] lawn hvl (ynvin hwiliant yn Tervin, in [...] rhaid vn gevyn er i g [...]fid, llveddawg fyddant, [...]e a or [...]sk [...] ­n ut, ar loeg [...]r wys diroedd y T [...]rsy [...]ut, darogan Merddin pau a ethar dersin, ar b [...]wl egored y bv i dy [...]g [...]d.

The Translation. The bare and plumed L [...]ds shal be made impotent, and pend up in heaps in the Engl [...]sh towers; great wil their sway be, when Gods heavy wrath and ind [...]gnation [Page 122] falls upon them; words shal come amongst them, which wil be understood, but great wil their punishment be when it comes.

For Owen of a Princely race with his sharp arms, which is the most beloved of the son of God to be predicted of, and he shal be of the race and lineal descent of Cynvin, and shal sail forth to publick view in the end or appointed time; we need not look to their troubles, for they wil be possessed of mighty strong ar­mies, and wil conquer places; they shal have ful power to dis­pose of the Countrey of England: and this is the prophesis of Merlin Silvestris in his latter dayes, when his naked breast laid on a sharp stake.

The Reader may do well to take especial notice how the Pro­phet delivereth his minde in the plural number, and saith, That they of the race of Cynvin shall sail forth, their trouble, they will be possessed, they will conquer places, they shall have ful power to dispose of the Countrey of England: part of this is al­ledged in the verdict of the fourth Jur. fol. 35.

A prophesie of Addafras, wherein is fore-told our late Warrs, the frowning Parliament, and a Conquest by a person descending from the Prince North-Wales.

Daroganaf y Rhy wynt a hint i Ogledd,
A Rhiallv a ddaw a Rhyforthoedd,
A Phan, ddel karedig i eredig Gwynedd,
Y bydd diheddwch a chyffrwch Tyrnedd,
A chyngor y gygain, a gwerin gorfoledd.
Ag ar ddiniant a ddaw wedi ar ddvedd
Hint ar kint ar kantor dihedd,
Agar fraint Talaith Gobaith Gwynedd.

The Translation.

I wil predict a violent winde that shal for a short space mo­lest a Northern person, who shal come with invinc [...]ble strength and mighty tempest; when this kinde person comes to plough North-Wales, the Scepter shal be disturbed with commoti­ons, and a Council d [...]sturbed likewise with frowning Mem­bers; then a triumphant Army wil be seen, which wil pro­duce honour after a long suffering; at first there shal be distur­bance and bickerings which wil annoy Musitians, and the law­ful and hopeful care of the Prince of North-Wal [...]s.

Here followeth a prophetical Discourse which past between Taliesin and Merl [...]n.

Merlin speaks.

Mor drvau gennyf, mor drvan Adderyw am gedwiw a Chadfau oedd llachar kyflofar kyfle fanoedd yfyg­w [...]d odref rhwyd odryfaus.

Taliesin.

Oedd maelgwyn awelwn yn ymwau i devlv r hag tory fli in chatfau.

Me [...]lin.

Rhag devwr yni Twr y Tyrrau rhag errich a gwrth yar welygau meinwinev yn ddiev a ddygan, Mor Weler y niser g [...]u elgau, orh oi leith mawr a derth y devthau.

Taliesin.

Rhvs vndaut oedd rhyrhwant y Tarrian hid atfady ddaeth rhad gyflafau, llas kyndwr, kyndar [...]ra messvr y kwynau, llas haylon a dynion tra fvau, trowyr nod usawr ev klod gan Elgan.

Merliu.

Trwy a thowy Rhwy arwy y doythau, Traw a thraw ym doeth braw am Elgan, lladd dysel oi diwedd kyfflosau, f [...]b Erbin ai werin a wnevthan.

Tariesin.
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Llv Maegwyn bvyfgwn y garthau oyr wyr kad trymlen dyed gwaethan, n [...]vwaith a ryf deydd pau fvdd y des­nydd o hydd yvrhit darparau.

Merlin.

Lliaws Peleidrad gwaed sadd gwaed lau lliaws ayrwyr briw brevawl vydiau, lliaws baner briwer lliaws baner ffos, lliaws ev hymchwel yni hymwau.

Taliesin.

Seith meib Elifer, seith wyr pau brafer, seith waywin ochel yn ev seith ran.

Merlin.

Seith dau fv [...]lin seith gad gyferbin, seithfed kynse­lin ymhob kynwau.

Taliesin.

Seith gwaiw genawon seith loned ars [...]n o waed kyu­rennyon y d lanwan.

Merlin.

Seith vgein haylon a aethant yn y gwyllon yn ghoed kelyddon y darfvant, kanis in forddin wedi Taliesin bydd ed kyffred in fy rarogan, ag folly y diw [...]dd y kinv brith r hwng Merthin a Thaliesin.

A Chronologie and prophesie of Merlin Silvestris, wherein is fore-told several Conquests and changes in the Regal Government of Great Brittain since the Norman Conquest till this very time; as also the successful Acts of his HIGHNESS that now rules, who is fore-told to conquer and b [...]r rule both in Brittain and elswhere.

Y Gwr a lefoyr yn y bedd, disgwyct kyn seith my kyned March Marw Avr deyrn Gogledd yr yseys wyro Gawg gan rhiev Rhyfel eglag, Merddin fy henw am heyddug yr eseys win o wydyr Gwin i gan Rhiev Rhyfel, dygyn Merddin fy henw fab M [...]rfryn.

1. Pau ddel Gwr gwrthrin yar olwyn dv i ladd lloegir, llwybyr wehyn, chwer wgwen wyn, yn am mwyn Gwyn fryn, Gwyn fryn eyssydd in erhy eyr nevedd kymry, in bydd diogel awr yng hel­lawr Ardvdwy, ar Adal hwy kymry rhag ardderchawg Twrch tvryf hy.

2. Pau ddyfo coch Normandi I holi lloegrwys travl ddi ffwys, Traethefi bob darogan dy derby, Castellyn Aberhodin.

3. Pau ddyfo y brith cadarn hid yn rhvd Pen, karn, llifant Gwyr trevlant karn Pendefig Prydain Pen barn.

4. Pau ddyfo Henry 1. hoh mvr kastell y Ryri, garlao r gormes tra gw [...]ili.

5. Pau ddyfo y Gwyn gwan i holi llvn lain Jar feirch nid kain, ni cheidw Tyrnas kaer gain Ten [...]v y mes Tew r yd.

6. Pau ddyfo yn dd [...]ssyfyd Brenni gwas, gwae ai kr [...]d, mab a fydd, mawr i vrddas a oreskyn mil dynas, hoy dyl egin Brenni gwas, kadarnwrthwna wau gwlad Adfot gwau gwau gwau, wrth gadarn gordyr [...]t pen naeth handes, gwaeth i ddys [...]t.

Then Merlin proceeds with manifest notions of notable passages of what shall follow from the time he lived till the present and hereafter.

Byd a fydd bryd wrthfowr des byddant, gwragend heynt lla­eth bvches byddant llv meibion ein ev kyffes.

Byd a fydd yn gorffen oed Jesemr rhag a doet, may marw ko­gev rhag Anwyt.

Byd a fydd bryd wrth errhwys ydd adeihawr yn dyrys, heb weoth mawr in chaffawr kryt.

Byd a fydd bryd wrth lyev lyw mall a gwall ar lannev torre­thwr gair, a chrieriev dyfau fawa llechant gev gwan ffydd, pobaildydd dad ev.

Byd a fydd bryd wrth ddillad, kyhaws Arglwydd mayr chwi­fiad, difanawy gwyr, llechant gwad, gwaglaw Bardd, hardd effeiriad.

Byd a fydd heb wynt heb law, heb ormodd o eredig, heb tra thr [...]iliaw, Tyr digon, vn Erw i naw.

Pau ddyser gwyr hebwrhyt, ag yn lle r koed r vd, ym heb hedd gwledd a gyfyd.

Pau fo kyfel [...]n kymyrhedd, y gwr ae gweryt in ommedd, gwrthfyd yd y myny ddoedd.

Pau fydd ynsyrh gwydd, gwanwyn a fydd gwedi i Pen aeth gwen wyn byddant gwaeth bvddelw norhrywyn, dvw mercher dydd ky orffon y trevlawr llafynawr ar pen kwyddant tev yn Crev kynnen ir Aber sor yt fydd garw gyngor ar gwyr gwedy Trevlhettor, glv vw gwynllyw yn vn eskor yn Aber Avon y bydd llymion Engyl gwedy hyn fyddon, hyr gwerydar derhyt vord on, yn Aber dwyr nwy dvg a fv a gnoho gwedys, a gwedy kad kyffaa blvg, a chad a fv ar Bythy Auon, a Brithon dygorpy, gwnaut gwyr gwhyr grwhydry yn Aber perydd [...]n pe [...]yttor kad a phelyd yr ag hymmon, a gwed rhvdd saeson gwassawg, aywit ti i wwen ddydd wenddydd am dy wawd y Gwyllon mynydd yn A­berkrafnaut krefydd, a gwedy kyrn kloer a fydd, a mi ddisgoga­naf ereill kyrn a llefkwn, Peu [...]il frvr dyphla yghoet y peyll [Page 127] Gwenddydd gwrandaw yn ddiev yn y ddaw Teisi o lynnev a adoer yw fy er dyrn.

Mi ddisgog anaf messyrn ar deyfi, a llef kloer wedy kyrn Pau dyffo Gwynedd yn oyean ev bryt yn pssran yskythrawr, churrio gyfnod clod y garaewr, karrawr yn yr comyned kymyn lli kymyn lleedd llithiant kwn ar galamedd karrawr ynyr garw Annwyt y Bryt garw eskyll yn y mry, llihiant brain ar ysperi.

Disgog [...]n tyd orh terydd dy rbag karrawg kynaw dydd Gwyn­fyd am Ryd fawy llrn, disgogan Tydoch terydd dy yn Aber mil­hwr, byddant Teyfi a fo trwch, disgogan Teyfi llestri lli ar llyry a B [...]ythwyr oe thorri llan dydoch mynechi.

Disgogan dyfet Arglwydd Jaw di Brythwyr dvo fanaw, Tydach llan trwm dydd addaw, disgoganaf, i llaan dydoch na b [...]dd na chlorh namyn gwrwyfa gwydd forch, Pen Trevlho Pry­dein Teyr nedd bychegn gwled feibvn yn gwerin or mes, in wyr namyer dawn Argen h [...]fynt yn y ddol gwynt ar tes.

A prophetical Chronologie of Merlin Silvestris, by way of Questions and Answers between Merlin and his si­ster Gwendolina, wherein is laid out most of the Kings successively that should raigne in great Brittain from the time wherein he lived, till the time of the coming of the Brittish Conque­rour, and that such and his race shall imperially raigne for ever, both in great Brittain and else­where; but in respect of the tediousness of it, I b [...]gan at Queen Elisabeth.

Qu. Cyfarchef im ehelaeth frawd a welais yn fedd saeth, Pwy wledich o ddiynaeth.

An. Pau dyfo dylad dylied, vchaf owawr hyd ddiwedd Rhiain, or phen byd.

Qu. Cyfarchaf ym ehelaeth frawd etriw. Ne gwedi dylad dylied vrbaf, pwy fvt Adref nawr, a fi llawn Afynaf: a Ran periglawr.

An. Na Ran na Periglawr, na cherddawr ni bit, nag ackit­wedid allan eny digwyd vch yr llawr.

Qu. Lla allawg, cau am Attebit Merddin fab Mor­frin gelvydd, trv o chwedl a dywedit.

An. As dywedas i wenddydd, Canis dwys ym kyferth it, dy­lad diwedd chiain fydd.

Qu. Kyfarchaf ym ehelaeth frawd, a welais i yn fedd faeth, pwy a wledych o ddrynaeth.

An. Rhydywedais it hin, i wenddydd waesaf vnbin dy derbit gymeint di mynn. Lloallawg ym dyderbit, nof yr eneid dy frodyr.

Qu. Pa bennaeth ynaeth a sydd. &c.

An. Gwenddydd wen pen mynegi, as dywed af yn ddif ri, na bydd Pennaeth byth gwedi.

Qu. Och Anwyl or o [...]r yfgar gwedi dysed yn drydar gau vnbin dewr di archar, divlo di o dau daear.

[Page 129] An. Gwasgarawg awel Amwyr, Pwyll drvd a dwyll Pegre­dir gadaifi fard hyd frawd yr dir.

Qu. Oth le as dyfeddfaeth ney e ym dy Amvnaeth hoed dyadoed Pan dyngir k [...]od vrno, pwy draet tho gwir.

An. Olochvyd cyfod a theasod llyfrev, a gwen heb ar swyd a a chwedl bvn a lwn brevddwyd.

Qu. Marw morgenav, Marw kywrenlim Morial Ma­rw Morien Mvr trin, trymaf hoed i m [...] dy ado­ed di ferddin.

An. Digones dofyt digwet Arnaf Marw Morgenav, Ma [...]w Mordaf, Marw Morien Mawr Agaraf.

Qu. Fy vn hrawd nv chwdrit ar naf, er gwaith arde­rydd wyf glaf i ddvwith orch mynaf.

An. Ath orchmynaf dithe i Ben y kreadiriav Gwenddydd wen Adlam kerddev.

Qu. Y kerddev a drigasant, odyfod klod bedrvant och ddvw mor ymg y devant.

An. Gwenddydd na fydd Anhalar never cheddet i llwyth daear i diowrit obawb a gar, im byw nith ddioferaf hyd frawd, ith gaffai dy fossawd tromaf, Eskat gorwydd her wydd gwynt am­lon ar dev vyrdvl hynt it, af yn il a aethant.

Qu. Gorchmynaf y [...]irivo frawd [...]r Rhiev Rhwy gorev, kymin kyn Angev.

An. Nichymeraf gymyn gau y kymin feneich ag av Trvy­gen ar i klvn, am kymvno dvw i hvn.

Qu. Gorchmynaf fy eirioes frawd yn y Gaer werthevyn Gogledd dvw ferddin.

An. Gorchmynaf fy eiroes chwaer yn y Gaer ni wesgerit Gogledd dvw o wenddydd.

The Translation.

Qu. Gw [...]ndolin faluting her brother Merlin, demanded who should reign after such, as by the rest of this prophesie is expressed?

An. When the wages of the dull people comes to be paid, which will come to passe after the reign of a Virgin, then an end is at hand.

Qu. I demand of my kinde and wife Brother, after the wages of the dull people comes to be paid, who will be ordain­ed to rule? I will ye [...] fully demand, will Church-men share?

An. Church-men will not share, neither will Beirdhes, Poets and Harpers be in esteem; but I will not have thee open­ly to publish, that there shall be an Oxe born, which shall fall to the ground.

Qu. Liberal Merlin the son of Morvrin, be pleased to yield me an answer to three questions.

An. I will resolve Gwendolina, who art very importunate with mee for thy request; the wages will be paid, when a virgin Queen it come and gone.

Qu. I will demand of my kinde and wise Brother, who will reign aft [...]r that?

An. Thou foolish and naughty Gwend lina, I have told thee already, and yet thou are endless in thy proposals, A powerfull and mighty Army will come with a strong hand, who shall bear rule and continue, and then Paradise to thy brethren the Brit­taine [...].

Qu. What kinde of Ruler will be then?

An. Fair Gwendolina, I do shew and tell thee in sobriety, That there shall be no other Ruler for ever after.

Qu. Wo is one my dear, of such cold separation, and to be deprived of a valiant and couragious brother, and of his kinde discourse, when thou art put to banishment under earth.

An. An impatient storm shall make separation of men, which will prove a dear bargain, and a sore plague to the strong, [Page 131] but let us betake our selves away till the judgment day under ground.

Qu. When thy weaknesse failes, or thy life gone, which will be sorrowfull unto mee, then who shall predict and deliver truth after thee?

An. There will arise wo and misery yet after a certain world, with suppressing of books, but Gwendolina will be without feeling of these; so like wise thy Discourse and Revelations for a while, without esteem.

Qu. Morgenav, Kowrenin, Moriab and Morien the Mason all dead; but to be deprived of my kinde brother Mer­lin will be a losse more sorrowfull to mee then all the rest.

An. The Lord God was displeased with mee, when he took from mee my dear Morgenav, Mordaf and Morien most dear unto mee.

Gwendolina.

My brother check mee not, notwithstand­ing my unpleasing humour, for I am very weak and sick; there­fore I commend thy body and soul to the Lord God.

Merlin.

And I commend thee likewise to the head of the Creatures; yea, thou faire Gwendolina, which art to leap off from thy Songs.

Gwendolina.

After thee my brother wages shall fail, laud and praise shall grow to the vile people; but wo, how streight will their conditions be yet?

Merlin.

Gwendolina, be not hopelesse but faithfull, nor sorrowfull, but comfortable; thou that art dust and ashes, take thy farewell from the world, while I live I will not forget thee, I will remember thy tender care and trouble with mee; but now I must be gone away after the race of the sons of men which are gone from hence in peace, and shall be carried away swifter then the race of a horse or blowing of the winde.

Gwendolina.

I commend my fair and delectable brother to the tuition of the free and best King of Kings. But take thou the Sacrament of our Lord, before thou art surprized by death.

Merlin.

I will not take the sacrament from the hands of the wicked and execrable Monks, with the white vestures, but will confide in the Sacrament of God himself.

Gwendolina.
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I commend my kinde and fair Brother to be interred in the Citie of Gwrthenyn at the North—whom God take to his blessed rest.

Merlin.

I do commend my kinde and fair sister to the tui­tion of the Citie which shall never be scattered, which is the North Citie or Throne of God.

I desire the faithfull and learned of the Church of England to take especial notice from this discourse, and elswhere in these Collections, of the faithfull and sound Prote­stant Christians which flourished in this Island of Brit­tain 1100 years ago; and how detestable the Monks and doctrine of the Church of Rome were unto them; which may be an invincible argument to prove the plantation and rooting of our Church before Luther, against the assertion of the common enemy of Rome.

This was the last prophesie and delivery of Merlin Wyllt or Silvestris, and commonly the words of a dy­ing Prophet were effectual and worthy of credit.

A prophesie of Iohn de Britlington.

Britlington said, That the Saxons should choose them a Lord, that should bring them all under a dead man, which should make a record, and that shall be right much under; hee that dead shall be, and buryed in sight, shall rise again and live in laud.

Through the comfort of a young Knight that fortune shall choose to her husband, the wheel shall turn to him right, That fortune hath chosen to be her fear, in Surrey shall he shew his sight, in Babylon bring many a one bare 15 daies journey from Jerusalem; the holy Crosse winn shall hee; the same Bore shall bear the Beam at Sandyford that wanne the degree; for­tune hath granted him the better, sithence first he his armes shall beare, without treason or treachery destinie shall never dare, tell [Page 133] kinde of Age to him draw for which among his worms see; but he shall end in God his Law, in Jehosophat shall hee be buried be.

A piece of a prophesie of an antient Pro­phet called Evan of Trwch y Darau, where­in is fore-told, that the Eagle and Son of Man shall subdue the Pope, and most part of the world, and also reform the Church and settle peace.

Pen y byd a ddig wydd ir llawr, Mab y dyn ar Ewr o hynny allan a seddian r chau fwaf or byd, yno i bydd tyngnhesedd a ffob daioni ar y ddayar.

The Translation. Saith Evan, The Head of the world shall fall to the ground, who shall be subdued by the Eagle and Son of Man, and these also shall subdue the most part of the world; then shall be peace and tranquilitie upon the earth for ever.

A short prophesie of the same Evan or Iohn.

Y Tiroedd gwastadill a fothrir
Llad ron a threiswyr a ddestrowir
Yno y bydd terfysg yn y byd nr bobl a Alldidir
Ar bobl ofidiog a espeili [...]
Ag a gyfyd brenin owenedd Avrddaffir
Ag a fin i bawb dyny r vn Jav, a hwn a fydd sen
Digedig.

The Translation. All the bottoms and plain lands shall be trampled, Thieves and Robbers shall be destroy [...]d; then there will be uproar and combustion amongst men upon the earth, and the Inhabitants of the earth will be clipt, and the Userers shall be spoyled of their worldly Mammon.

Then will arise a King from the North, which shall be exalted [Page 134] to honour, and will reduce all to his obedience; and this K [...]ng will be a happy and a prosperous man.

A prophesie of Merlin Silvestris, predict­ing of warrs and slaughter to the Town of Shrewsbury and the adjacent parts; the fall of Bish [...]ps, as also of an Eagle, Corquerour or Ruler, which sh [...]uld be from Powis by descent, and son of Elisabeth.

Sefwch allan forwynwn a seilioch weridre
Kyndylan llys Pengw rnind kamdre
Gwae Jeveink a eiddein y frodirdre.

The Translation. You fair Damsels stand out of the princely Town of Pengwern, the lawfull Town of a Prince, Kyndylan; wo be unto the young which shall own the borders of the same.

Ʋn pren o goedwydd a gyfyd arnyn
O diaink i osodiad ail yw i fys dvw kadarmin
Kyndylan kalon Jaen gaiaf a ganllin.

The Translation. One of the Trees of the forrest will arise to bear rule over them, if his first setting or youthfull daies shall not fail; and he shall be as the finger of God in strength, Kyndylan with the [...]rozen heart, a winter will follow.

Y want ner Twrch trwy r Pen Talaith
Kyndylan galon goddaith o goflwyn Aughyfiaeth
I Amwyn trom tref ddiffaeth.

The Translation. Kyndylan with the dry and burning heart, a mould-warp thorough the chief princely Citie, who will [Page 135] be a stranger with his Arms loaded, will come to defend and secure the visage of a base Town.

Eglwisav Bassav killant i braint
Ai difa o loegr wys meddaint
Ag elf an Powys yn ol i gydsaint.

The Translation. Church-Bishops shall loose their Hierar­chy, and suppressed in England; then the popish Lord of Powys shall go after his fellow-saints.

Y dref wen yn y dyfrin llawen a fydd yn
Wrth gyfarsed kad a Gwerin
Ner Ederin, Eryr Eli.

The Translation. Thou white Citie in the Valley, happy wilt thou be, when thou shalt meet with Armies and valiant men of the Lordly Eagle and Bird of Ely.

Gorthrymed hwnw ddyffryn Meissir
Mygedawg dir i frodyr
Eryr Pengwern peu karn llwyd a ofinr.

The Translation. The same Eagle shall conquer Hills and Dales, with the Territories of his renowned Brethren; yea, this Eagle of Pengwern will be the choise handling weapon of awe and terrour.

A prophesie of Merlin Silvestris set forth in way of discourse with a Prophet which lived in his days, called by the name of Parchell, in English a Pigge; wherein is fore told a Conquest of Brittain, and the fall of Bishops.

Hoean b [...]rchellan mor chyfedd, na byddvn enid y byd yn vn wedd, Pelled son saeson sail kyfr wysdded, ar frith on haylon [...]l kynchwydd, ami ddisgoganaf kyn fynivedd Brithon drvs sae son brithwyr aimedd, ag yna i daw nit ddawn gorfoledd, gwed bod yn hir, yn lwyr frydedd.

The Translation.

Hoean Pigge, how strange it is, nay how unconstant the world is, that it will not continue one minute in the same minde or temper? and how the subtle foundation of the English be farr spread abroad? whose race will Lord it over the liberal Brittains; but I will predict before my end, that Brit­tains shall over-rule English, and be possessed of Bri [...]tain, and then shall they come to perfect honour after their long bon­dage.

Hoean Barchellan bydan a fydd, mor drvan i ddyfodag i dyffidd, morwynion moelion gwragedd chiwydd, hieant in ffar­chant i karenidd, chwyddin'bydd digyfewd wrth i gilidd, Esgob Anghyfiaeth diffaeth, diffidd.

The Translation.

Hoean Pigge, A little world will come, but behold how miserable will its coming be, and so likewise its vanishing a­way; bad women and maids will not respect but joyn in love [Page 137] with men near of kin; Nuptial promises will be freely made amongst them, but the Bishops with their strange language and hierarchie shall be extinct.

Hoean Barchellan, n [...]ni daw y kyngid, wrthglowed llais adar mordiargrid, tene gwallt fynhen, syllen nid klyd, golvd fy sku­bawr i hid, fyngrawn haf fi mingwerid a mi ddisgoganaf kyn di­wedd byd, gwraged heb wledd, gwyr heb weryd.

The Translation.

Hoean Pigge, the long expected time will at last come to pass by the noise of Birds, which shall be heard at sea in a sad warlike manner; by such time the hair of my head will be thin, and my skull will become cold; the treasure of my barn is but short, my summer crop of grain cannot save me; but I will predict, that, before the end of times, women shall be without feast and men without graves.

Hoean Barchellan a pharchell chyni, tene yw fy llen, ind llo nyddimi, er gwaith arderydd mi mi darfv, kin fyrthio Awir Allvr enlli.

The Translation.

Hoean Pigge, and a Pigge ready to starve for cold, my skull is but thin, and there is no hopes of rest unto mee, yet all these shall come to passe before the dissolution of heaven and earth.

The Judgment or rather prophesie of lear­ned Brightman, drawn from his compendious and elaborate exposition on the Apocalyps of St John, where hee comments on the 7 Churches of Asia, Typifying Philadelphia to Scotland, and lukewarm Laodicea to the Church of England; wherein he concludes the fall of Bishops.

Of Philadelphia, or the Scottish Church.

And the Scottish Church that little seems and low,
Shall in the end be their Bishops overthrow:
By whose example England shall be drawn
To question Miters, Copes, and Sleevs of Lawn.
Then these with others shall combine in one,
To extirpate the Pope from of his Throne.

Of luke-warm Laodicea, or the Church of England, Typified by the learned Brightman.

The Counter pain of Laodicea stands
As third in rank in its Church of Englands hands;
And by the Angel of the Church is meant
The Pastor of the same or President.
Of whom it is said of her, (no little blot)
I know thy works, that art neither cold nor hot.
What art thou then? some medley stuff compos'd
Of hodg podg temper, fit to be disclos'd.
Thou art not cold, thy Doctrine sound and pure,
Such as a fiery tryal can endure:
Nor art thou hot, thy zeal is of no price,
Lo sing its heat, it falls as cold as ice.
How else could a Reformed Church admit
Of Popish Superstitions mixt with it?
[Page 139] They, thy insaniated senses charm
To be nor one, nor either, but luke warm:
'Tis equal with thee to be Romish all,
Not one of those which wee Refo [...]med call.
If on this weak point thou thy judgment stay,
To know Gods truth and serve him the wrong way.
If Baal be God, before his fires appear;
If God be God, follow him with fear.
Hee is justly taxed of spiritual sloth,
Who is a neuter and halteth between both.
Wee of Laodicea further finde,
The Text saith, Thou ar [...] naked, poor, and blinde.
Not poor of suit, that were a blessed thing;
For some did write, I and my King;
Yet beggars too, but not of pence, but pounds,
And besides Clergy Tythes of spiritual grounds.
Dark art thou in thy Cannons long since past,
As in those future, which will come on fast;
Which throughly shifted, and in every part
It will app [...]ar to all how blinde thou art.
These, with thy Innovatious cruel doomes,
And Popish Trinkals, all which (once) were Romes,
Ʋncover shall thy skirts, and (as I guess)
Before the Nations shew thy nakedness:
Which shall a double San [...]drine invite,
To clip thy wings or plume thee quite.

Yr owdwl fraith, or a Song made by Rees Nanmor a Poet, unto Henry the Eighth, grounded on the Prophesies of Talieson and both the Merlines, wherein is exactly set forth the Kingly race from the English to the Scots, by the coming in of King James, whose Reign is fore-told to be peaceable, and of a red Parliament in the time of [Page 140] the late King, and of the Warrs that should fol­low, with many notable passages besides.

1.
Chrvst kadwr wythfed frenin dyledog
Kenav tad eysyl t kawn e [...]to dwyfog
Kymrv bydd llawen megis gwlad enwog
Kornwal kaer lleong alwenam geiliog,

The Translation. Christ preserve Henry the Eighth, the lawfull heir of the Crown; wee shall have yet a Prince from the Whelp [...]nd father of Eysyllt; Wales be glad and rejoyce like a renowned Countrey; let Cornwall and Chester call for a Cock.

2.
Kadwalader a Chynau yn draianog
Kwrets y dragwn brv Ragwn brigog
Kowir o rinwedd y Bvall koronog
Ker gan Taliesin k rdd gan liofog.

The Translation. Wee shall have Kadwallader and Ky­nan in a treble division; the courage of the Dragon will be full sha [...]p and prosperous in his Countrey; yea, the crowned Oxe of faithfull descent, of whom Taliesin sang melodious and sweet songs.

3.
Kerdd Chrvst ar i ben, kerdd kroes daer bannog
Kerddy dyn ai lwyth kerdd Edn Talieithog
Kadwi gerdd ai dalaith ar koed gwyr dd [...]iliog
Kawn wyr gogyfiwch o ddvk hid farchog.

The Translation. The Song of Christ be on his head and strength; yea, the thrice notable Song or Crosse of the Trinity defend h [...]m and his Principality, as also his green flourishing Wood. Wee shall have men of equal honour from Knights to Dukes.

4.
Kawn fa [...]dd kyfnewid kawn fyd odidag
Kawn ddadredeg r afon rydedog
Kawn frithill ffrvwill a wna ffraiog
Kawn Arth Arwi spagav a wna wrthie spigog.

The Translation. Wee shall have a Bore in change, in whose reign we shall have a peaceable and happy time, wee shall likewise turn the stream contrary to its natural course, for wee shall have a froward Trout which will make warrs, who will prove a Bear with rough clawes and incredible sharpness.

5.
Kawn roddog Adrodd dav fodd an foddiog
Kawn o ddav Arwydd Parl ament ky [...]ddeiriog
Kawn bawbir gad, kawn bob Avr gadwynog
Kawn bwio a Chrab gan y Bwch arfog,

The Translation. Wee shall have a gift, and afterwards a restitution clean contrary, which will be two several waies of different and displeasing nature; wee shall have of two tokens a dissenting and a violent Parliament; we shall have all to the warrs and battels, and shall overcome the rich chained Lords; wee shall finde the Crabs beaten and subdued by the armed Stagg.

6.
Kawn y llv gloiw ddv, ar llew gogleddog
Kawn y Marw ar Tarw ar Eryr Tiriog
Kawn y Brin Gwyn yn llawn brain ag ynllidiog
Kawn Bowls tir ywedd kan plas tiriog.

The Translation. Wee shall have the right black Army under the command of the Lyon from the North; wee shall have the dead revived again, which will be the Bull and the Ea­gle with the large Territories; we shall have the white hill [...]ull of wrathfull crowds; wee shall have Powles with the Terri­tories, and a hundred sumptuous Palaces of the Mould-warp.

7.
Kawn gaer lvdd yn chvdd ag yn chvdd ag yn channog
Kawn gystoar fynyad ar gwledidd golvdog
Kawn frys gan Jeithoedd▪ kawn faes Gwenithog
Kawn kyn kymodi gwyn gan gymmydog.

The Translation. W [...]e shall have London divided, with fiercenesse unto it; wee shall have uproar upon the mountaines and rich vallies; wee shall finde the neighbour-Nations bestir­ring thems [...]lves for offensive and defensive warrs, and in the end wee shall be possessed of a valley abounding with wheat, and before a settlement wee shall finde a Neighbour that will con­dole [...]ur troubles.

8.
Kawn frad a Chynmor kawn fwriad chwanog
Kawn ddrwg Arwyddion kawn ddery gorweiddiog
Kawn Rysyel Morwyn yna Gwanwyn gwnog
Kawn gan lilidwyll am nad ym bwyllog.

The Translation. Wee shall have uproar and treache­rous attempts, with willing prepensed plots and combi­nations, wee shall have sorry tokens of the heaving down of great Oaks; and after a white Spring wee shall have warrs from the woman; for want of patience, wee shall have deceit­full troubles from the L [...]lie.

9.
Koed Rhos nag ares yn llyndain Gayrog
Krank ag anghyfiaeth affobl ymdeithwg
Kawn Alarram a haf Elorog
Kawn lychlyn ar gychwyn yn crew girhiog.

The Translation. You Rose-trees continue not within the walls of London; the strange languisht Crabb with his people shall be in a forelorn condition in a strange Countrey; wee shall have Alarums and a slaughtered Summer; wee shall have the Normans in a preparation to depart, in a frowning and discontented manner.

10.
Kawn drwy faes a gill, kawn drefi ysgollog
Kawn Nerthv o chawn kawn fryeheiniog
Kawn frwydir a therfin mab kryswyn krvesog
Kyng or karcharor saly gwynt ocriog.

The Translation. Wee shall gain by the losse of one field, strongly armed and fortified Cities, and when wee be­gin to carry the conquest, wee shall obtain Brecknock,; wee shall have heavy troubles and distractions from the man with the white robes, crossed in his proceedings and enterprizes, who shall come to his end; and then the council of a prisoner will be as unconstant as the winde.

11.
Kynh [...]yant y magl wrthy tan ffag log
Kawn yfgar kynar os kowir keniog
Kilio lloegr wis dowis blodevog
Kath a Gwenki kewch yn hafog.

The Translation. They will hatch a snare from the o­pen flaming fire, but wee shall have a timely separation as true as the peny is round, and then the chief Flowers of England will vanish and decay, and also the Cat and Weesel will be in ha­vock.

12.
Kiwr Eryr dvafyd gallvog
Kwnsel yn gadel nad yn griw odiog
Kywirdebr Eryn davwynebog
Kystalymddiried ar wyn ir llwynog.

The Translation. The Chicken of the black Eagle will be m [...]ghty, invincible and powerfull, who will not come to his full age, if counsels and plots can prevail; the unstabili­ty of the Eagle with the two faces under a hood, can be no bet­ter confided in then the Lambs to the Fox.

13.
Koffav hen ddrcigiav kid ffor ddragiog
Kraff ll [...]w haw ar fwng korff llew kryfangag
Kwyn ch eniaid a gawn [...]rkw yn rhawg
Kylenig a gawn gan wr mawr kalonog,

The Transl [...]tion. The remembrance of old Dragons will be disputed by force of sharp pointed weapons; the Lyon with the strong and sure grapling, will bridle the body of the clawed Lyon by the maun, then shall we have the b [...]moaning of a divided race, but wee shall have a gift from a migh [...]y pow­erfull man.

14.
Kawn ymdrechv Pinacl gan y Twvrch pannog
Eskyllr alban yn lliw tan llidiog
Kenais lin o lin ir kwnfel mwlog
Kymell yn chyb [...]ll awnar hebeg.

The Translation. Wee shall have hot contestion with the vanquished Mould-warp about Castles and Forts, then the wings of the Scots will appear like a violent burning fire. I have sung a line of prophesie from the antient prophesies to the dark and cloudy Council, and that the hawk shall challenge too sarre.

15.
Kigfran a Gwenol gwnan wrtholnerthog
Kyfyd or dehav gleddav avr glog
Kawn hvdd ar geyrvdd yngadarnarfog
Kawn y kyrn evraid kawn y karwo [...]diog.

The Translation. A Raven and a Swallow will make a stout and valiant chase, there will arise from the South a sword with a golden cloak, wee shall have a Stagg th [...]t will conquer and keep Townes and Castles with mighty strength, wee shall have the golden Horns and aged Stagg.

16.
Kawn naw or vn henw, kawn wyr e Anhonog
Kawn wybir yn gloi wi kawn frenin Gweliog
Kawn ddrivedd kirn, kawn ddidd koronog
Kawn y mis, gwelir kin y mai gwialog.

The Translation. Wee shall have nine of the same name, and shall have watchfull men, we shall have fair weather after a storm, for clouds or the nois [...] of warrs will vanish away, and wee shall have a renowned King; the noise of Trumpers will likewise vanish, and then we shall have a day of Coronati­on, which will be in the chastising moneth before the moneth of May.

17.
Kawn wilgi r vu haf kawn loegir yn hfog
Kawn ynill e l waith y gwyr ant [...]i [...]eog
Kawn ar siak a sion gweision digaffog
Kawn ai gir ar darf vn gwyn barf [...]g.

The Translation. Wee shall have a Summer overflown with blood, and England in havock, and sh [...]ll be possessed of the Territories and treasutes of the unhappy conqu [...]r [...]d enemy, and shall have an aged and white bearded Conquerour that shall bear rule over Jack and John, and shall scatter them to a wan­dering condition.

18.
Kawn gaullin y dyn mabedeiniog
Kawn y llew yn i groen kawn ynill y Grog
Kawn thware tabler ar I rell kolerog
Kawn ger llaw e eigiawn y gwyr llargog.

The Translation. Wee shall follow the Man, whose strong and compleat wings shall lead him to fa [...]r Co [...]ntries; we sh [...]ve this Lyon in his well-fo [...]tified skinn, who will winn the holy Crosse, and then we shall be made fit play-fellows at [...]a­bl [...]s with the best Lords and E [...]ls; and lastly the unhappy dis­contented Plotters wi [...]l be forced over the Ocean sea.

19.
Krist nef it Arthwn y nawfed Torchag
Krist dercha well well, Krist Avcholliog

The Translation. The Poet after his long progresse in discovering what shall befall England after Herry the Eighth, poures his hearty prayer to Christ for the Brittish Conquerour, as also of the Ninth Henry, and that Christ (for his passions sake) may preserve, protect and exalt them more and more in their glorious Conquests.

Reader,

You finde by the last a clear and plain Prophesie; make good use of it, and thou wilt thereby prevent thine own ruine.

Now followeth certain dates of pre­fixed times and years fore-told, first of the coming in of King James, or of his Coronation in England, of our Bickerings with the Scots, of the beginning of the late Warrs and its continu­ance, and also when further At­tempts shall be expected, till a full settlement, collected together in brief for the satisfaction of the friendly Reader.

1. Pau fo T. blwyddin ar bymtheg athevgain a C C C a thri now mis gwedi Conquest Bastard, y diseyir y Norusans, ag ar ol hy­ny y bydd byd Bohwman.

The Translation. That in the year 538 after the Con­quest of a Bastard, the Norman race shall fail, and warrs shall follow; about the end of so many years after the Norman Conquest, you may finde that K. James was crowned King of England. 538

2.
Kin del chyfel daw chyfeddod
Mawr yw nerth y drindod
Y Prif ar naw profwchynod
Gwae ynys y Gwiddonod.

The Translation. That God sh [...]ll produce wonder­full signes and tokens before the approaching of warrs, and then wo be to the Island of Gyants when the prime of the year be 9

3.
Mil chwechant ai wrantv
A devgain o oed can r J [...]ssv
Y Daw yn ddiogel heb gelv
Am r hen ffvdy dydd dv.

The Translation. When the year of Christ comes to be 1640, then will be a black and fatal day ab [...]ut the old or Romish Religion. 1640

4.
Pau ddel pedair kowair kerdd
Gida devgain hoiwgani hardd
Oed can Jessv ynnev tvr Nordd
Diwedd saeso moelion merdd.

The Translation. When the year of Christ comes to be 1644, then will be a heavy slaughter amongst the English. 1644

5.
Pan fo oedran Mab dvw yn gyfau dango
Mill llawn yn llyndain i bydd y kyffro
Devgain a chwechant treiglant ir tro
Am y Goron y bydd mawr ym gvrrv.

[Page 149] The Translation. When the year of the Son of God comes to be 1640, then will be an uproar in London, with con [...]estion and hot dispute about the Crown. 1640

Hitherto of what hath been past: Now followeth the like dates or years, wherein some notable pas­sages will be acted or attempted, to the glory of the innocent, and destruction of the common e­nemy of Peace.

6.
Rhis dria lwstra ar law
Os myni ysmoneth kin glaw
Yna i gweli ond gwiliaw
Fid yn o Pvmp wedi naw.

The Translation. Count 3 on thy fingers end, if thou wilt be provident to p [...]event the danger of a storm then thou shalt see (but take heed) a dangerous world at the end of 5 after 9. Now sum up the whole, and you have 17, which is the odd number of the year of Christ. 1657

7.
Pan fo vn flwvddin ar bymtheg a devgain a ffedwar naw niav yn derfin, difre Normandi.

[Page 150] The Trans. When the odd number of the year. of Christ comes to be 56 and 4 nine daies, then the race of the Normans will fall to cruel destru­ction, or forced to give over their plottings; bu [...] which of these will fall out, can hardly be distin­guished by the sence of the words. 1656: add to it 4 9 daies.

The Language of an Angel.

8.
Treis dreon, Trinheon, nyw Try.

The interpretation (although formerly denied) here you have 3 Trayes, 3 Nines, and 9 Trayes; the which being summed, makes up 63; and when the number comes to be the odd of the year of our Lord, the randez­vouz and heavy task of our Brittish Conqueror amongst the neighbour enemies and horns of the Beast of Rome, will be at an end; and by this time look for a reformati­on and calling of the Jews. 1663

9.
Fol i darffo Treio maas wrth gledde glasagarsie
Wedi hyny fol y dis i daw uowmis y kybyste
Daw naw erillar olhin, ond blin oedd hin osiwvne
Hen ag Jevankar i gwen yn trwssior hen Eglwysse.

The Translation. After the conclusion of the warrs by strength of sword and armes, then, or after all field battels the 9 halter moneths will peep in as right as the dice; and when these nine moneths of destruction are come and gone, then will young and old fall very merily to mend and repair the ruine of the Church; and then, and not till then, a Reformation.

That the Reader may the better satisfie his memory touching the two grand prophesies, or the Plaintiff and Defendant formerly mentioned in the two grand tryals, and their particular descents, and evident demonstrations of either, I will reduce in brief from what hath been said by prophesies, and then proceed to some out-landish prophesies in confirmation of what hath been said.

  • 1. The Defendant or Brittish Conquerour is fore-told to have his descent from North-Wales.
  • 2. from Alan.
  • 3. from Owen.
  • 4. from Bleddin.
  • 5. from Cynvin.
  • 6. from Bledding ap Cynvin, Prince of Pow [...]s.
  • 7. from Angh [...]rad.
  • 8. from Eysyllt.
  • 9. from Conaud in Darthwy.
  • 10. said to be the first after Edward the Sixt.
  • 11. fore-told to strike with and beat down the standard of C. or Charls.
  • 12. when such a one comes, Kadwallader is revived.
  • 13. that such a one shall get by conquest what the Brittaines formerly possessed or owned.
  • 14. the same fore-told to be a Brittain by the fathers side, & an Englishman born.
  • 15. that this Conqueror shal strike with the blood of Ʋrien.

The Plaintiff and late King are said to be a new Sovereign as from Scotland. Fore-told to be of the race of Grissith, of the race of Llewelin, of the blood of Ʋrien.

The lineal descent of His Higness, OLIVER, Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, &c. out of the body of Blethin ap Cynvin Prince of Powis in former times, as also from Cadwallader Fendiged the last King of the Brittains.

OLIVER, Lord Protector, Son to Robert Cromwell Esquire, Son to Sir Richard Cromwell, Son to Sir Richard Williams, aliàs Cromwell, begotten on a daugh [...]er of Walter Cromwell; which Sir Richard was Son to Morgan Willi­ams, Son to William Morgan of New-Church in Glamorganshire, and one of the Privy Cham­ber to Henry the Seventh; Son to John, Son to Morgan, Son to Howel, Son to Madog, Lord of Kibion, Son to Alan Lord of Kibion, Son to Owen Lord of Kibion, Son to Cadwgan, Son toBlethin ap Cynvin, Prince of Powis and North—Wales.
BLETHIN Prince of Powis aforesaid, Son to Cynvin, Son to Gwenystan, Son to Gwaith Foedfawr, &c. the Great,Prince of Wales.
ANHARAD Mother to Blethin ap Cyn­vin, was the Daughter of Meredith, Son to Owen, Son to Howel dda, (or the Good) unto Cadell, Son to Roderick the Great,
Blethin ap Cynvin Prince of Powis, and Griffith ap Llewelin Prince of North Wales were half brethren, by Angharad aforesaid, onely daughter to Meredith ap Owen ap Howel dda,Prince of Wales.
EYSYLLT mother to the said Roderick was the daughter of Conan din daethwy, Son to Roderick Molwynog, Son to Idwell Iwrth, Son to Cadwallader fendiged the lastKing of Brittain.
This Blethin ap Cynvin was the first that car­ried the Principality of Powis, from the posteri­ty of Brochwell yskithrog,Prince of Wales.

A prophesie of Merlin Silvestris, of the Bore or late King, of the late Warrs, the Kings flight, Worcester fight, and of the Conquest of the black Lyon.

Ni ffor r Baedd yn ddy gyffro onid enid awr, kanis Tair E­win a gyfyd yn er bin y Baedd, ag vn or talr Ewin a ddaw o Scotland, r ailo brydain, ar drydydd o gymev, a phan ddechrevo r tair Ewin hiu ddigio, hwy Awnant ir Baed lawer Twrn At­kas. yr hwn yn r Amfer yna, a gyffrv yn dramynych, ag yna i gwna ef kyreh krevlon yn erbin i elynion, either in bydd elwor vn oisiwrn eiav ef, or Achos i kymer y Baedd goevlondeb a llid mawr wrtho hvn, agwrth lawero bobl y dyrnas, ar Baedd a kynill lawer o b [...]bl, r hain drwy lid a dywyssaef ir dehevdir, or man ni ddaw ganthaw ef ddimbydd yw dyrnas, namyn yn vnig All [...]idion, ofe a be [...]y yr Anghhariad hwn chyngtho ai dyrnas yn hi o Amser ynol.

Ag of fewn y Barkvtanod Amser hwn, i kyfyd Scotland, a phrydain a Chymrv yn erkiny baedd er dig iddoef, ag hefyd talm or Gwidd [...] a gwyr Almaen assaiff yn gadarn yn erbin y Badd yn ol hyn y Rhydd brenin y Gogledd wyf dyfwn, ar y bobl dier th i ddyfod ar feirch breniav i dyrnas y Baedd, a ffwyso aw­nant hwy yn grevlon yn erbin y Saxonia [...]d, ag yna i kilia r Baeddir movais bycn [...]u oi bobl gi [...]ag ef, ag ar fyrder ar oll i fynedef ir mor, i chenir y dyrnas yn dair chau, agynol llawer o fateloed a byrion ym [...]addav, i kyfid Parckell o weddill kenedl, ag awna sialens am y fflowr de lvws ai dyrnas.

Kais hin ofewn amser y llew dv, diame ydiw na chaisy Baedd heddwch yny dyrnas, kanis aml ymladdav a fyd o fewn r ynys hon trabar hathoi ll [...]w hi, o fewn r Amser hwn wi bydd tra [Page 154] Amal y Barkvtanad, ag yn ol bin y bydd maes, yn y [...]n a de­strowir a dwyl [...]w, ar llew av ai gledd [...] yny y [...]y [...]as a [...] Go [...]n.

The Translation: That the Bore shall not continue in peace but a short time, for 3 sharp N [...]yl [...]s or Armies will [...]s [...] against him; one from Scotland, the s [...]cond from Brittain, the third from Wales; and when these three begins to fr [...]wn, they will work shrewd turns to the Bore, who, in those times will be often moved; then will he furiously assault his enemies, [...]ut shall not carry the glory or gain from any of his Ba [...]tels or Fields; w [...]ich losses will exasperate the Bore with cruelty against his enemies; then the Bore will gather a great multitude of people, and will command them to South-Wales, from whenc [...] they will return without glory or conquest, but lame and m [...]i [...]ed souldiers; and this rent, hatred or division will for a long while after continue b [...]tween him and his kingdom, and within this time of the Kites, will Scotland, England an [...] Wales arise a­gainst the Bore, with much wrath and hatred; l [...]kewise a party of the Irish and men of the German race will strongly and st [...]ut­ly rise up against the Bore; then will a King of the No [...]th give sharp summons to stranger people to come by sea to the king­dome of the Bore; then will the Saxons be heavily pressed with the strength of these stranger enemy.

Then will the Bore be forced to flye to the sea with a very small company with him? and shortly after that he will betake himself to sea, will his kingdome be ruled by three, and after many battels and short fightings, will arise a Pigge of the rem­nant of a family and while he be sucking at his mothers breast, he shal make a challenge to the Flower de Luce, and his Kingdom seek out for this time when the Black Lyon shall appear and stand up; for then without doubt the Bore shall have neither rest nor peace in his kingdome, for there will be in h [...]s time ma­nifold Battels in this Island of Brittain while her Lyon endures; in which time will Kites be num [...]rous, and afterwards will be on field of Battel, wherein will be a great destruction of both sides; and the Black Lyon by the power of the sword will con­quer and get both the K [...]ngdom a [...]d Crown.

BOOK II. Europes Calamity, Englands Glory.

Now follow certain Prophesies out of Max­wels Collections, delivered by Out­landish Prophets and Prophetesses, to confirm what hath been said by our own, touching the downfall of the Church of Rome, the reformation of the Church, and also of the Person or Instrument which shall bring these glorious works to passe.

Out of Maxwels 5 section, fol. 31.

THere is a certain prediction written about 600 years ago, had out of the Library of S. Victor, which be­ginneth, Vae tibi Civitas septicolis, &c. Wo unto thee thou seven-hilled City, when the letter R shall threaten thy walls; for then the fall and destruction of thy mighty men is at hand. Wo unto the City of blood, full of lying, falshood and violence; the voice of the scourge, of the wheel, and of the warlike horse, the voice of viol [...]nce and spoil shall not depart from thee; the gold of Gods word is obscu [...]ed, and Religion, which is the worshipping of God according to his word, is pi [...]ifu [...]ly corrup [...]ed: the first Wo is past, behold an­other wo is at hand; let us flye away secretly from before his face, because the afflictions of our faces do begin; let us run, [Page 156] and let us not look behinde us, because from the North all Plagues are displayed: I beseech thee, good Lord, send him whom thou art to send.

Out of his 15 section, fol. 83.

Johannes Wolfius, in the second Tome of his memorable things, which beginneth thus: A certain Wight, equitable and upright, born in Europe, shall be the chief Pastor or Bishop of Christendom; such a one as shall manage and govern the Keys of the kingdom of heaven, and not the Scepters of the king­domes of the earth, then there shall be peace and concord in the whole world, one faith and religion, and one Prince impe­rially reigning over all.

Out of his 16 section, fol. 84, 85, 86, 87.

According to the confession of the Italian Jesuite Hierony­mus Platus, in his second book of the Religious Life, and 30 Chap. England hath been more fertile of Converters of Coun­tries, and Nations to the Christian faith, then any other Land else: so is it not unlikely, but that God will have the same Countrey to be more fertile of Reformers of other corrupt Churches, especially of that of Rome, then any other Land whatsoever; and that as there is in no Countrey or Nation of the world to be found so many compleat Divines, for Judicious­ness, Ingeniousness, and moderation, and for fitness to deserve well of the peace of the Church, as there is in England: so it may well be, that God will honour this same Island with the reformation of the Church of Rome, and her daughters, by sending forth from thence such godly, judicious, zealous, and moderate men, as shall reclaim them from their abuses and cor­ruption, and restore unto them their primitive purity and inte­grity, such as it was in the daies of Constantine the Great, born in Great Brittain.

And so much seemeth to be imported by that prediction of Nostrodamus, which beareth that Rome shall be ruled by the Brittonish head.

[Page 157] In his first Century he saith, That the new King that joyns the lower and Northern Countries of Europe, shall be the in­strument of losse to the Church of Rome; and that the Bishop of Rome, together with his Clergy (except they shew themselvs willing to be reformed) shall be made to spit blood, when the Rose shall flourish.

And in his 8 and 10 Centuries, That the ruine of Rome draw­eth near, not of her walls, but of her substance and blood, by the means of a learned Prince of sharp understanding: And, to be short,

He promiseth in his 5 Century, That of the Trojan blood shall spring a Prince of a daughty-Dutch heart, who shall attain unto so high a degree, that he shall both chase farr away the Arabick or Mahumetane multitudes, and likewise return to the Church her antient eminency and sincerity.

Likewise out of the Library of S. Victor, there is a prediction ci [...]ed by the Abbot of Cluny, attributed to Abbot Ioachim, which saith, That the Red Roses should send forth the sweet water that shall purifie and cleanse the Church from her corru­ptions.

To which agreeth another prophesie of Paracelsus, fore-telling, how that among the Roses should spring up one who should change the sandy foundation into a Rock; a thing (saith he) that shal make many a one to wonder. Agreeable to the same is a certain prognostical verse, found in an old manuscrips, im­parted to Mr Iames Maxwell by Mr S. George Norrey King at Armes.

Iesse Rosa sanguis Bruti
Portat crucem Iesv Christi.

That is to say, The Rose of England beareth and b [...]ingeth the Crosse of Christ to forraign Lands. Hereunto likewise may be referred that voice, as William of Malmsbury affirmeth in his second book of the Kings, which was uttered in a Vision to holy Brithwald Bishop of Winchester, who lived in the Con­fessors daies, saying, Regnum Anglorum est Dei, the king­dome [Page 158] of England is Gods; meaning that th [...] Kingdom & Coun­trey of England should prove a chief instrument of the propa­gation of the Gospel and faith of Christ unto forraign Lands.

So that by that which hath been said, it would seem, that from the Rose of England shall proceed or spring the reforma­tion and purgation of the Church of Rome, like as the same City once received from the same Countrey the first authoriz [...]d pro­fession of the Christian saith, by the blessed means of Constantine the Great, a Britain born. Paulus secundus Grebnerus the Germane Astrologian, in his seritum mundi filum, delivers, That the Lyon having the Rose and Lilies in his Armes, shall ut­terly destroy the Pope, so that there shall be none after that time.

The holy Bishop and Martyr S. Methodius, in his book en­tituled, Of the last times, hath fore-told, that God shall punish the corrupters of his Church, purge his house, and restore her purity.

For in the last Age of the world, that is (saith he) in the last thousand of six, the sons of Ishma [...]l shall come forth out of the desart, and their coming shall be chastisement without mea­sure, and without mercy; and God shall g [...]ve over into their hands all the kingdoms of the wicked; and further saith, That Spain shall perish by the sword, and that the Inhabitants thereof shall be led Captive.

Philippus Boskierus, a learned Franciscan Friar, in his 9 Phil [...]pp [...]ck for the holy Land, writeth, That the kingdome of Spain is in great danger of desolation and destruction at the hands of the Turks and Moors, for their cruelty used against the Americans.

Likewise Nostrodamus in divers of his predictions fore-telleth, that the Turks shall over-run Hungary and Italy; yea, (saith Antonius Torquatus) France shal not be free from the Turkish fury, nor yet Germanie: and Reynardus Lolardus saith, that the Agarens shall yet once again gather themselves together, and come out of the desarts in troops into Germany, and that they shall obtain the land of the Moon for the space of eight years, they shall subvert Kingdoms and Cities, kill the Priests [Page 159] in the holy places, prof [...]ne the holy vess [...]l, d [...]fl [...]ur Christian wo­men, turn the Chu [...]che [...] in [...]o Stables, a [...]d tye their Steeds to the monuments of the Saints, because of the wickedness of Christi­an people in th [...]se d [...]e [...], an [...] in end th [...]y shall be destroyed, near unto the golden Appl [...] of Agr [...]pp [...]ne, when as there shall be few Christian Pri [...]ces left to make resistance, and almost none (al [...]!) saving a cer [...]ain most inv [...]ncible King of Spain, who in th [...]se daies shall k [...]ll the last Successor of the Mahometane Duglossius.

So shall the lofty pr [...]de of the Turks have a fall, their King­domes shall b [...] brough [...] to the Church; the Turkish Empire of Trapezond shall be br [...]ught back again to the Patrimony or Empire of our crucified Lord, by the hands of the Cross bearing servants and souldiers, and then shall the Church grow again into a new sta [...]e of everlasting Charity, Concord and Peace, for there shall be a reformation, a new kinde of l [...]w or religion, bet­ter t [...]an the old, together with honesty of conversation both in Clergy and Laytie.

And again saith Reynardus▪ if the Princes of Germany do not agree with the great Eagle, but fall to the kindling of civil warrs amongst themselves. Duglossius [...]heir shall not fail to come, even the fifteenth branch of the Turkish tyrannical tree, and waste Poland, M [...]sia, Thuring, Hesse, Pruten, P [...]cardie, Braban [...], Flanders, and surp [...]sse farre in cru [...]lty and rage the fier­cest beasts against the Christians of the North W [...]st, but hee shall be killed b [...]sides the golden Apple of Agrippine, accor­ding to the prediction of Merl [...]n.

Out of his 8 section, from the Prophesie of St VINCENT.

Then there shall enter into Italy three [...]ost puiss [...]nt Armies one from the West, another from th [...] East, and the third from the North, which shall fight to get her, and there shall be such blood sh [...]d as the l [...]ke hath not been seen in Ital [...] si [...]c [...] the world began; and then the Eagle shall tak [...] the counterfeit King, and all things sha [...]lbe subdued and made obedient unto him, and [Page 160] there shall be a new reformation in the world, but wo and wo again shall be then to the shaven Order, for the sect of divisers and attempters shall cease.

Again, saith the same St Vincent, because the understanding of holy Scripture hath borrowed a strange colour from Philo­sophers; for the most part of preachers now adayes preach not the simplicity of the Gosp [...]l, but the subtilty of Aristotle; in which words the holy man t [...]xeth the nice and subtile kinde of divinity devised by the School-men: Wee have likewise (saith he) drunk water for money; that is to say, we have been made to buy with our money the holy Sacraments, which are the instruments of Gods free grace signified by the water; for now all our Priests are guilty of Simony.

Out of his 10 section, fol. 44.

S. Brigide foretelleth, how that out of the Western part of the world shall spring a Lily, which shall grow to a thousand thousands in the Virgin land, and shall be strong [...]r than the Ce­dar, and recover the things that are lost, and with his odour or sweet smell perfume, and as it were bewater the infected and poisoned parts of the world.

S. Cataldus Finius likewise fore-telleth, that among the Li­lies shall arise a comely Prince, having a near name amongst the Kings of that Countrey, and whose nature and nation shall have a resemblance with his name, unto whom the whole world shall do homage, when the high O [...]e is fallen, and when he hath stricken down the prickly Bear, (meaning the Turk) happy and blest shall his years be from the West to the East; from the East to the cold Quarter, and from the North to the warme South.

This flourishing or flowery Prince bearing the new name, shall plant the Vine of our Saviour: unto whom all Nations shal submit themselves, and the Crown of the East shall be given him to keep.

Out of his 12 secti [...]n, fol. 55.

S. Methodius fore-told, that the Ish [...]aelite [...] shall possesse from East to West, and from South to North, their yoke shall be heavy upon the neck of all Nations, and that none shall be a­ble to resist them, until a certain determinate time be past, that they shall come forth of the desart in the sixt thousand years and vexe mightily with warr Spain, France, and Germany, and put the Romans to flight and to the [...]dg of the sword. But, saith Reynardus Lolardus, and also J [...]ven [...]s Anglicus, the Turk shall in the end be overcome and killed at the Golden Apple of A­grippine.

Paracelsus fore-tells, that when a certain terrible Ecclipse of the Sun is past, together with great inundation or overflowing of waters, that then divers tumults, seditions, battels, burnings, and blood-shedings shall mightily molest the Northern Nati­ons, namely Brabant, Flanders, Zeland and Holland: in those daies (saith he) the [...]ly shall wither.

Johannes Wolfus in his 16 Century alledgeth a p [...]ediction, That when King Henry shall reign, twice made King, beloved both in word and deed, a certain strong man shall pluck the Li­lies out of the French Garden; the King himself shall fall, and his people; both Clergy and Layty shall perish by the sword, the pl [...]gue famine, and fire.

Nostradamus in his 1 Century and 49 quadrin, fore-telleth, that the Oriental Nations shall about the year 1700, subdue almost all the Northern corner or quarter of the world; and in his 5 Century and 94 quadrin saith, that the great Duke of Armenie shall assault Vienna and Collen; and in his 2 Century and 78 q [...]ad in he saith, that the chief of Scotland, together with six of Germany, shall be taken captive of the Orientals at sea, and carrid through Spain into Persia, and there presented to their new King.

That in the end (saith Nostradamus) the Northern Nations being confederated together, shall prevail over the Eastern, and that certain Princes of the Trojane, French, and German land, (especially two) whom he c [...]lleth brothers, not brothers, shall practise such prowess and martial feats, in bringing down the [Page 162] Turkish Turbants, with all the Arabian Troops, that the Isle of Rhodes and the City of Constantinople shall be seen to over­flow with Barbarian blood.

A notable prophesie of the Abbot of Werde in Calabris, found in his Sepulchre some 300 years and more after his burial.

In the year 1593, in the mean time that his Masons were ca­sting down an old wall, in his Monastery, and digging deep to lay a new foundation; there they found a Sepulchre of Stone, and therein a Corps almost all consumed, holding in the hand a plate of silver with this inscription:

Cum sancta Civitas fulgebit splendore stella,
Sol iterum me vide bit.

Englished, When the holy City shall be enlightened by a bright Starr, then shall the Sun see me again; this is the body of the Abbot of Hydruntum, buried the 27 of October in the year of our Lord 1279; and under the head thereof was found a little marble Chest, and therein a leaden Box containing a certain parchment, wherein was written a prophesie in old characters; a part whereof is thus in English:

In those daies many famous Cities shall p [...]rish by spoyl both within and without, especially in Italy, and both in the King­dome of Naples and in Toscany, fearfull and terrible things, more than one would beleeve should come to passe; my native Countrey of Hydruntum shall be destroyed again, and made d [...] ­solate by the Mahometane Dragon; Rome shall be shaken in a notable manner, so shall Florence, expecting a revenge under her Apostate Duke: the nest of Philosophers (meaning Padua) shall be likewise shaken, and Genua shall incurr tribulation at the enemies hands, for lo hath the Lord revealed unto me.

The Turks with their tongues of fury shall pollute Venice; the whole Kingdome of Sicily shall perish; many Monasteries shall fall through the poyson of the Northern Eagle, and much blood shall be shed because of the two battels of the French and Hollanders.

[Page 163] The Oracle of Sibyll of Cuma foretelleth, that there shall be no peace in the Virginal Land, to wit, in Italy, and in the Ro­man Church; and the Nation without an head shall bear rule in those daies, and afterwards shall adhere unto the Great Eagle.

That the Turk shall prevail so farr upon divided Christians, that he shall take unto himself the stile of Emperor of Romanies, together with the Eagle ensign of the Empire, aye [...]ntil the Lyon of the Tribe of Judais send forth from the wood the roaring Ly­on to accuse, condemn and destroy the foresaid tyrannical Eagle for his manifold iniquities and cruelties practized upon Gods p [...]ople. According to the Vision of 4 Esdras 11, 12. the Ery­threan Sibyll alledged by Abbot Joachim, seemeth to conde­scend herein; whereas she saith, that after the first Eagle shall come a second with one head (for he shall be Emperour o [...] East and West united in one) having threescore feet; for his Empire shall consist of 60 Kingdomes, with the colour and spight of a Panther, the subtilty and craft of a Fox, with the terrour and fiercenesse of a Lyon.

The Eagle then which should be overcome of the Lyon, is either the Turk, having through the discord of Christians got into his hands the residue of the Romane Empire, or else it is that Romane Emperour whom the Pope shall create of his own ac­cord, whom Severus calleth the black Eagle of Ligurgit, or he of whom Nostradamus fore-telleth, that shall be born near Italy.

Another Oracle of Sibylla aforesaid, fol. 69.

Which beareth, that God shall send into the world an Em­perour or King, that shall refresh all the world from bloody warr, having rooted out some, and c [...]ntracted a league of Ami­ty with other some; neither shall be dispose of things accord­ing to his own private fancy, but in his proc [...]edings he shall fol­low the venerable Decrees and Ordinances of the Lord, and then shall the beloved people of the great God flourish again.

Another old Prophesie agreeable to the same, had out of the Library of the Abbet of Cluneis in France, writ­ten near 600 years ago, fol. 70.

In the latter daies, highly shall ascend a certain weight pre­vented with double honour, a lover of our crucified Lord, an entertainer and cherisher of peace, and of an excellent wit, and yet those excellent things which he doth intend, shall not be brought to passe; he shall make high things to fall, and low things to be exalted; h [...] shall b [...]autifie the heaven, (to wit the Church) shall cut d [...]wn woods and groves, reach forth hi [...] hands to the poor, and be as a husband to the widowes.

And then take heed thou black turning Sphere, (meaning the corrupt Church of Rom [...]) least thou be vexed with a winde from the North; in thy tribulation defend thy self with the Crosse.

The man coming from the obscure Center, that is, from a cer­tain Countrey of small account, behold, he ascendeth to double honours, even he that bringeth to concord and union such as are at discord [...]nd division, that turneth about the moon.

And again, O thou Prince of ripe understanding, thou art cal­led unto high things, why art thou thus in an agony within thy self? be strong, kill Nero, to wit, the tyrannical Turk, and thou shalt be without fear; heal the wounded, take a scourge into thy hands, and kill the flies, cast such as do sell, out of Gods Temple, t [...]ke un [...]o thee the clear enlightened doctrine, preach the Just one, (meaning Ghrist Jesus unto the Jewes) invite the circumcised ones, direct the Dove, and slaken those that be a­thirst.

Another out of the Abbot of Cluneis Library, fol. 72.

A certain Prince shall call a general Council, for the clearing of the obscured trueth, and the reforming of the Church.

And the red Flowers shall distill or drop down a sweet sa­voury water, (meaning from the Isle of Brittany) especially from the most happy Countrey of England, whose royal Ensign [Page 165] is the united White Red-Rose, and as it were from the mode­rate and judicious heads and hearts of her reverend Prelates and D [...]ctors, shall flow and spring the sweet water of sound do­ctrine and discipline, and that shall purifie and cleanse the Church of Rome from all her c [...]rruptions and spots.

A prediction of Parac [...]lsus touching the renovat [...]on of the Church, in such a time when some 60 may be num­bered from such a year, fol. 76.

A great alteration and renovation shall be made, when some 60 may be numbered from such a year; then he pointeth at a certain Prince exceedingly affected towards the concord of Christians, and the reformation of the Church in these words: Thou hast taken great pains to make a golden age, and therefore having fin [...]sh [...]d my task, take thy test; no man shall overcome thee, yea, there shall be no man to stirr thee up, or to awake thee from the sleep of thy rest or peace; so long as the number of years i [...] not doubled, which thine enemies have numbered from thy nest.

A Vision of Hieronymus Savanacola the Dominican Friar, out of the same sect. 14. fol. 81.

Savanacola saw in a Vision in the year of our Lord 1482, two Crosses; the one was black, planted in the midst of the City of Rome, spreading (as it were) the Armes over the whole earth, and with the top touching the heaven, where­on was written these words, Crux Irae Dei, the Crosse of Gods anger or wrath: which having seen, behold (saith hee) incontinent I beheld and saw the aire darkened and trouble [...] with tempestuous clouds, winde [...], lightening, darts, swords, fire, and haile; and me thought I saw innumerable number of men destr [...]yed through the force and violence there­of, so that few were lest beh [...]nde unsl [...]i [...].

Afterwards, I saw a sweet, fair, an [...] a clear time ensuing; and lo, I beheld and saw (as it were) a golden Crosse in the midst of [Page 166] Jerusalem, of the bigness and height of the former, so bright, that it d [...]d enlighten the whole world, and filled the same with new gladness and joy, and it had written upon it, Crux Mise­ricordiae Dei, the Crosse of the mercy and favour of God.

And lo, incontinent and on a sudden all the Nations of the world of both sexes came in troops from all parts to b [...]hold and embrace it; by the which the holy man was fore-warned of the future cast [...]gation and renovation of the Church of Rome, & how that the A [...]osto [...]ical sea should be removed from thence to Jerusalem; which is likewise according to the prediction of the Franciscan Friar Iohannes de Rupe scissa.

Where unto may be referred the prediction of Merlin Cale­donius, which is thus, I rejoyced of those things that were re­vealed unto me; for after a long tribulation of Christians, and an exceeding effusion or spilling of innocent blood, the prospe­rity and peace of God shall come to a desolate Nation; for God will send a Reformer and Conquerour, who shall rectifie and redresse all things amisse both in the East and West Church, and bring all things according to the form of the primitive Church; then one Faith or Religion will be in force, then there shall be one Pastor, and one Law; for Christ Jesus shall redresse and bring into good order all things amisse.

Out of the Appendix of the same, fol. 117.

The Rev [...]lation of Reynardus saith, That after ten years past in after-times, a great Eagle shall arise, which shall chastise m [...] ­ny, and make the inhabitants of the seas to mourn. Who can resist him (saith he) seeing he hath power from the most High? he shall carry away with him 3 kingdomes, and the people shall cry Alas, alas, wo, wo: the same is the great Eagle, which af­ter 5 years sleep shall begin to talk familiarly with the Lily, and afterwards shall make it to tremble, together with other lofty mountaines; Cities and Castles he shall astonish with the noise of his wings, and there shall be a great and bitter mourning, such as hath not been heard of of old, amongst the Inhabitants of the West sea, and in the Virginal land, he shall spoil the L [...]lies.

[Page 167] In the which predictions, the great Eagle seemeth to be the Turk, who should subdue the rest of the Empire, and mighti­ly subdue the Countries of the West, especially the most noble Countrey of France, according to some other predictions for­merly alledged.

A prophesie of S. Bridgide out of the same, fol. 118.

Surgat Rex pudicus f [...]ri, &c. that is to say, There shall a­rise a King of a shamefast countenance, who shall reigne over all; and entering into the h [...]use of the mother Eagle, shall hold the Monarchy from East to West.

Reynardus again fore-telleth, That the children of the low Countries of Dutch-land shall be a prey to the Fowles of hea­ven, and to the beasts of the earth; so shall those under the heart of Virgo, and of Scorpio; they shall fall before the mouth of the sword, and the habitation of the Western people and of the Scorpionists shall be desart.

The Lord (saith he) shall unsheath the sword of warr and of extream desolation upon those of Picardie, Flanders, and the neighbouring Countries; afterwards those of Bavier shall be brought under his Scepter, and many beams of the Church shall be dark [...]ned both in Germany and France, because the coming of that King shall be sudden and unexpected, in the midst of security and peace.

It is not amiss, for memories sake, to give you a brief summ of the principal subjects handled in these prophet [...]cal Collections.

First, you have two grand Tryals, and the Defendant or Brit­tish Conquerour maintained by prophesie to be a Brittain by the Paternal line or descent, and an Englishman born.

2. Said to come in the first-born after Edward the Sixt.

3. Said to descend from 7 Ancestors by expresse names.

4. Said to strike or maintain warrs with he blood of Ʋrien.

5. Said to beat down the standard of a Scottish C. or Charls.

[Page 168] 6. Said to have his descent from Blethin ap Cynvin Prince of Powis.

7. Said to make a full Conquest of what the Brittains for­merly enjoyed.

The Plaintiff likewise is maintained to be of the Sco [...]tish race.

2. Of the race of Griffith.

3. Of [...]he race of Llewelin.

4. Of the race of Ʋrien.

5. To bear the name of a Charles.

Now followeth the Judgwents of learned and famous Divines, Astrologers, and Astronomers, touching a great change in the world amongst Ki [...]gs, Prin­ces, and Emperours, at certain times and yeares probably to fall out.

In the year of the World 3665, Ptolomaeus Ph [...]ladelphus reigning in Egypt, some 469 yeares after the building of Rome, there lived one Hiparchus, a famous Astrologer, who reports, That in his time the Starr, commonly called Stella Polaris, which is in the Tayle of the lesser Bear, was 12 degrees and 2 firsts distant from the Poles of the Equator.

This Starr from age hath insensibly still crept nearer to the Pole; whence it appears, that the Poles of the Equator are moveable. It was not in the time of Peter du Moulin (the ob­server hereof) past 3 degrees distant from the Poses of the E­quator.

When this Starr therefore shall come to touch the Pole, there being no further space left for it to go forward (which may well enough come to passe within 5 or 600 yeares) it seemeth that then there shall be a great change of things, and that this time is the period which God hath prefixed to Nature. Du Moulin in his accomplishment of Prophesies, fol. 251.

[Page 169] Learned Brightman in his exposition of the 12th Chapter of Daniel, ver. 12. concludes, That the two grand enemies of Christ (viz. the Turk and the Pope) shall be destroyed, and the dispersed Jews called in to the Christian faith, with a flourishing time of Christianity, by the year of Christ 1

Henricus Alstedius concludes these happy and desi­red events, together with Christs personal reign on earth in Anno 1694

Nicholas Culpepper his Annotations and Predictions upon the ecclipse of the Sun, March 29. 1652.

It is a remarkable thing, the two superiour bodies Saturn and Jupiter, who alwaies use to make a Conjunction in one and the same triplicity, should the last time anticipate and make the third in the watry triplicity, having made but two in the fiery, their last being in the weakest and meanest signe of the Z [...]d [...] ­ack.

This I can neither reade nor believe they did since the creati­on of the world, until these our daies; for we are brought forth to live in those daies, in which the kingdomes of the world shall become the kingdomes of our God and of our Lord Christ, blessed be his holy name for it.

However, by this conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, God manifesteth by the book of the Scripture, That hee will pu [...]l down the lofty, and exalt the humble and meek; and this you may reade in them and the time when, without a pair of Spe­ctacles, if you are of the nu [...]ber of the men of Issachar, 1 Chron. 12. or of their spirit, to annoint your spiritual David King, who had skill to teach Israel what to do: I tell you, and I tell you but the trueth, the year 1655 shall not passe over your heads but you shall acknowledg one knowing man of Issachar to be of more worth then all Sion Colledg, and King Henries the Se­venth Chappel to boot.

[Page 170] Yea, so indulgent is the great God of heaven and earth over p [...]oud, insulting, and domineering Kings and Priests, that he will give them more significations then one or two by the book of the Creatures, even those great Ecclipses of the Sun: this I now handle, and that other, An. 1654 upon the second of Au­gust; then which, to our eyes, nor the eyes of our Fathers, Grandfathers, nor great Grandfath [...]rs, never saw gr [...]ater nor more terrible.

Johannes Henricus Alstedius, taking occasion to speak of the last conjunction of Saturn and Jup [...]t [...]r, saith, It would bring a new Government into the world, d [...]fferent from Kingly Government; prognosticating the ruine of Kings, Princes, all Governors, even from the Emperour to the Constable, G [...]ne­ral of Armes, &c. and that all the Princes of Europe, nay all those of the world are threatened by it.

Hitherto you have heard by sundry Prophesies, both for­reign and domestick, how that the Turk and Pope shall come to their end, as well as the rest of the Kings, Princes and Emperours of the earth, and that by pow [...]r of the sword. Now you shall have learned Brightmans judgment of the last period of the Turkish Empire.

Brightmans Commentary on chap. 9. Apoc. fol. 104. How long time this power that is here given to the Turks should last, it is declared in the n [...]xt words, which were prepared at an hour and a day, a moneth and a year; the which so exquisite a description serveth to comfort the godly, to whom the holy Ghost would have it known, that this most grievous calamity hath his appointed termes and limits, even to the last moment, beyond which it should not be prolonged; the which sp [...]ce seemeth to be for 396 years, every day being taken for a year, after that manner as we did interpret the moneths before. Now a year here put simply is understood to be a vulgar and usual Julian year, that consists of 365 dayes, and some houres; all which time being numbred from the year 1300, shall expire at [Page 171] last about the year 1696, which is the last term of the Turkish name, as other Scriptures also do prove with a marvellous con­sent; in the mean time wee must know, that the strength of the Turks shall not stand entire, and unshaken during this term, but shall [...]o [...]ter, and waxe towards the ruine thereof about 40 years before that their utter destruct on shall come.

Now followeth a Prophesie of St Hildegard a devout and religious Abbatesse, uttered about the year of Christ 1146, 60 years before the begging Fryars were born; clearly fore-telling their manifold abuses, yea, so l [...]vely as if shee had lived in their daies.

You shall have it verbitim out of the Commentary of learned Brightman on Dan. 9. fol. 101.

The preamble of learned Brightman, I have a good minde (saith he) to adde to all that hath been said, in stead of a conclu­sion, the Prophesie of Hildegard the Abbatesse; both because I have often made mention of it, as also because I think it is not easily come by, and it doth serve to give much light to the matter in hand. That worthy man John Fox, and Countrey­man of blessed memory, hath set this same down in his book of the Acts and Monuments of the Church.

The Prophesie.

In those daies there shall rise up a sort of blockish fellowes, proud, covetous, perfidious, and crafty, that shall eat up the sins of the common people, carrying a certain shew of foolish su­perstion, under a feigned coverture of beggery; preferring themselves before all other men, by reason of a counterfeit reli­gion.

Men of an arrogant disposition and feigned holiness, void of all shame, or fear of God, in inventing many new mischiefs, [Page 172] strong and stout; but all prudent men and faithfull Christians shall curse this pestilent order. Men who will shun labour, and give themselves holy to idlenesse, rather choosing to get their li­ving by flattery and beggery, and that will bend themselvs with all t [...]eir might every way they can, perversly to resist the teach­ers of the truth, and hinder them; and for this end they will fl [...]t­ter Noblemen, that may assist them in this purpose. They shall also deceive the Nobles, and draw them into error, that they may furnish them with all necessaries, yea with all the delights and pleasures of this world; for the devil shall engraft these four principal vices into their mindes, Flattery, Envy, Hypocri­sie and Slander; flattery, where with to purchase great matters to themselvs; envy, when they shall see benefits bestowed upon others besides themselves; hypocrisie, whereby they shall se [...]k to please men by means of a counterfeit dissembling; slander, whereby they shall ex [...]oll and set out themselves with praises, by derogating from others, that they alone might be renowned among men, speci [...]lly the simpler sort that are deceived by them.

They shall preach indeed diligently, but without all sense of piety, and not after the manner of the holy Martyrs of old; they shall derogate from the secular Princes, they shall take a­way the Sacraments from the true Pastors, and shall take almes of those that are very sick and miserable, insinuating and by little and little winding themselves into the hearts of the common people.

They shall have familiarity with women, teaching them how to deceive their husbands and friends with sugered and dissem­bling words; how to rob them of their goods, and then to give the same, being thus purloyned, unto these their teachers; for they shall lay hold on whatsoever men get, or howsoever it be gotten, by stealth, robbery, or by any legerdemain; and will say to them, Give it unto us, and we will pray for you; so that labouring to cover other mens sins, they shall quite forget their own.

And (alas!) they shall receive any thing from rogues, filchers, theeves, robbers that steal by the high-way side, sacrilegious per­sons, [Page 173] userers, adulterers, hereticks, schismatick, apostats, wheres and bawds of Noblemen, perjured merchants, corrupt Judges, souldiers, Tyrants, or from any that live contr [...]ry to Gods law.

Perverse and wick [...]d men they shall be, embracing the per­swasion of the devil, the sweetnesse of sin, a soft a [...]d d [...]licate life; and a certain fulnesse and abundance of all worldly things, though it be to their own eternal damnati [...]n: and all these things shall manifestly appear to be in them, and they sha [...]l every day waxe more wick [...]d, and that with mindes more and m [...]re obdurate.

But, when as once their crafty conveyances shall be found out & all their other wickedness, then shal their large gi [...]s cease, and they shall go from house like hunger-bitten and m [...]d dogs, looking down upon the earth, and drawing in their necks like doves, and all to get their fill of bread.

Then shall the people pursue them with this out-cry, Wo be unto you miserable wretches, that are ordeined to sorrow; the the world hath deceived you, the devil hath guided you with his reines hitherto, your fl [...]sh i [...] frail, your heart is altogether without wit, graces or wisedom, you [...] mindes are unstable and wavering, and your eies are blinded with much vanity and fol­ly, your idle bellies have lusted after delicate d [...]shes of meat, and your feet have been swift to wickednesse.

Remember the time when you were in fight happy, yet pri­vily envious; poor abroad, but [...]ich at home; cou [...]teous in shew, but great flatterers in deed; unfaithfull, treachetous, per­verse, back-biters, holy hypocrites, supplanters of the trueth, immoderately just, proud, unchaste, unconstant teachers, deli­cate martyrs, gain-thirsty confessors; gentle, but yet slander­ers; religious, but yet covetous; humble, but yet proud; mercifull, but yet impudent lyars; pleasant fla [...]terers, peace-ma­king persecutors, oppressors of the poor, bringers in of men­sects devised by your selves; mrn that were counted mercifull, but are found out to be wicked wretches, lovers of the world, conjurers, drunkards, ambitious, patrones of wicked facts, the polers and pillers of the whole world; unsatiable preachers, that [Page 174] seek to please men, and to deceive women; sowers of discord, of whom that famous Prophet Moses spake wisely in his Song, A people without counsel and understanding; would to God they had knowledg and understanding, and could have fore-seen their latter end.

Yee have built your nests on high indeed; and when yee could rise up no higher, ye fell down like as did Simon Magus, whom God destroyed and smote wi [...]h a mighty plague; so shall you be thrown down upon the earth out of the clouds, and that by means of your false doctrines, your wickednesse, lyes, slanders, and detestable facts.

Then the people shall say unto them, Out upon you, get yee packing hence, you Captaines of mischief, over-turners of trueth. ye Shunamitish brethren, fathers of heresies, false Apo­stles, that counterfeited the lives of the Apostles, whereof yee have not been imitators by no means: you sons of iniqu [...]ty, wee will not follow the manner of your waies.

For Pride and arrogancy have seduced you, and insatiable co­vetousnesse hath entangled your erring mindes; and seeing that you would needs ascend up higher then was meet and equal for you, yee are fallen back headlong into everlasting shame and reproach by Gods just judgment.

And so farr Hildegards Prophesie of the abominable abu­ses of the Church of Rome, and her wicked and counterfeit crew of Jesuites and Fryars; which lear­ned Brightman brought in to clear his exposi [...]ion afore­said: whereby it may appear in what high esteem and credit prophesies were and are still amongst the lear­ned.

From which Prophesie may be gathered, first the corruption of the said Church and Priests; secondly, the downfall of both predicted in plain terms:

[Page 175] The Turks have a prophesie amongst themselves, That their Emperour should win the Red A [...]ple of Constantinople; and in the sixth year after, if they did not defend th [...]mselves brave­ly, th [...] Christians should overcome them; but howsoever i [...] the twelfth, they should at furthest be overcomed by the Christians, then their fatal destruction not to passe the twelfth year, makes them in the mean while use the Christians as their future de­stroyers, with much hostilicy, as a revenge anticipate.

Sibylla Tiburtina's Prophesie of the Birth of our Saviour Christ.

God toucht my tongue with a propheti [...]k spirit,
Infallability to speak of a Virgins merit.
In Nazareth shee shall conceive a Son,
Bethlem shall behold with admiration.
O heavenly Maid! happy beyand all measure,
Whose fruitfull breasts bring up so rich a treasure:

More of the Oracles of Sibylla (according to Castalio) against Rome and her pretended holy Father the Pope.

There shall of men the tenth age then arise,
VVhen God who did the heavens high devise:
At whose presence the earth doth quake and move,
Of Imagerie extinquish shall the love.
And shall of Rome raised on her hills seven,
The People shake: then be is the strength down driven
Of her riches, while Vulcane in his ire
Oft shall on her send furious flames of fire.

Out of her first book at this part: De Coelo veniet Sidus magnum in mare magnum, &c.

From heaven there fell a great Starr in the Sie,
And burnt it up although both great and hie,
So Be [...] burnt up, and shall no longer stand,
T [...]ou B [...]bylon of Italy the Land,
VVho mu [...]thereth Saints, and many faithfull Jew,
Temples tread down that did the trueth avow.
Yet thou O mischant suffer shalt great pain,
As thou deservest, desert shalt thou remain;
Remain shalt thou desert for evermore,
Thy native soyle henceforth thou shalt abhore,
For thou in poison hath delighted thee,
Mother of whoredom and adulterie.
As wi [...]ow hood, and viper venemous,
Ʋpon thy banks thou shalt sit dolorous;
And Tyber flood for thee his Spouse shall mourn.
Thy minde is mad, thy heart for blood doth burn.
Thou doest misknow Gods minde and might; for why,
On [...]y I am (sayst thou) and who but I?
Eternal God now wrack shall thee and thine,
In all the earth shall not resist but ruine,
A monument, or yet a mark of thee,
VVhich thou ha [...]st when God gave prosperity;
Thou mischant now sit solitar alone,
Hu [...]ld fyne to hell with many grievous groan:
VVhere thou shalt bide burning both bone and lyre
Into that lake of furious flaming fire.

Out of the same fift book at this part: Italia infelix, deserta, infleta manebis, &c.

O cursed and unhappy Italy.
Ʋnmeind or mournd for, barren shalt thou be,
To ground as green, as wildernesse unwrought,
To wood [...] wilde and bushes beis thou brought.

Out of the seventh Book.

Rome, when thou thinkest thee in thy highest hight,
God shall tread down thy sturdy strength and might.
The second time (O Rome) again to thee
Hereafter yet I will speak secondle.

Out of the eighth Book.

O Rome up raised now with thy Tops high,
The like ruine from heaven shall fall on thee:
Plain beis thou made, down shall thy tops turn,
And flaming fire all wholely shall thee burn.
Far shalt thou slyt into an uncouht land,
Thy riches shall be reft out of thine hand.
In thy wall steeds shall wolves and toads convent,
VVaste shalt thou be, as thou had never been,
VVhere then shall be thy Oracles divine?
VVhat golden Gads shall keep or save thee fyne?
VVhat God (I say) of Copper or of Stone,
VVhere then shall be thy consultation
Of thy Senate? what helps thy noble case,
Of Saturn, Jove, or Rhea in this case,
VVhose sensless souls or idols thou before
Religiously did worship and adore:
Of whose green graves, unhappy Creet avants,
Their figures dead, up d [...]st thou set like s [...]nts.

Then followeth immediately of the Pope.

When Ru [...]g in thee hath fifteen Emperours,
Of all the world that hath been Conquerours,
Then comes a King, a manifold Crown to bear,
VVhose name shall be to Ponti very near.
His wicked foot the world shall visitate,
Great gifts and goods then shall hee impetrate,
Discovered things he shall loose and remit,
Of Magick art well shall hee know and wit,
The Mysteries and secret Sorcery,
The mighty God hee makes a babe to be,
And down he shall tread all true wo [...]ship in,
And at chief heads of Errors first begin.
His Mysteries to all he shall expone,
Then comes the time of mourning and of moan;
For in a Rope his ending shall he make,
The potent people, and the town shall wrack:
Thus shall they say, wee know, and hope a day,
Sometime on us should come this bitter day.
The Fathers old, and Babes shall mourn for thee,
Beholding then thy dolorous destiny.
On Tyber bank lamenting sore thy case,
Sad shall they sit, within any loud alase.

And shortly after followeth, out of the same.

Lament shall you and mourn, laying aside
Thy purple weed, Imperial robes of Pride,
And into sackcloth, siting sarrowfull,
Repeat shalt thou thy plaintes pitifull,
O Royal Rome, thou bragging Prince but Peer,
Of late in land, the only daughter deer;
Thy pride but pomp, ruined shall remain,
Thou once trod down, shalt never rise again;
[Page 179] For gone shall be the glory of that Army,
That beareth the Eagles in their Ensignie:
To whence then shall thy forces forward fair?
VVhat Land with Armes shall help thee any mair?

Then followeth,

Then ends the world, then comes the later light,
Then God shall come to judg his folk aright,
But first shall fall on Rome but resistance,
Of Gods wrath the wofull vengeance,
A wofull life, a bloody time shall be,
Oh, people rude! oh, Land of cruelty!
Thou little lookest, nor doest regard aright,
How poor and bare thou first came in the light,
That to the like again you should return,
And last before a dreadfull judg should mirn.

Furtherance to the scope of Prophesies.

REnowned Inhabitants of Great Brittain, both VVelsh and English, you have presented to your view Collections of Prophesies, both forreign and domestick, touching the fate of most (if not all) of the Kingdomes of the earth.

Wherein you may take notice of two wonderfull observati­ons: First, that all the Kings and Kingdoms of the world are terribly threatened and fore-warned of their subversions, de­structions, and desolations, and wholly to be subdued and con­quered; except Great Brittain and Ireland, against whom there is not the least menacing of danger to be any further conquered or made desolate.

Secondly, all these prophesies (as well forreign and domestick) with unanimous voice and harmonious consent, cry out a Con­querour and Reformer of the universal Church of Christ, from the Brittains or Island of Great Brittain; who, by the fore­seen and general consent, is agreed upon to be the Instrument or instrumental cause of subduing and conquering of most of the Kingdomes of the world.

Suppose that some, both of forreign and domestick Prophets, might be seduced and misled, either by their own fancies, or spi­rit of lying; I hope you will not conclude thereby, that all are seduced and m [...]sled; nay, rather you will grant, that some of them might be free from suspition, and guided by the spirit of truth, as the real accomplishment of what they fore-told c [...]n bear witnesse; your due observation of which, and of their viva voce in their particularities, (I presume) will oblige you to esteem of these Coll [...]ctions as of truthes; otherwise, as to injure the just, can be no lesse then great impiety.

According to the real in [...]ention and hearts integrity of these Prophesies, I make bold to minde you, day and night to square [Page 181] your lives as becometh chosen Instruments for bringing to pass the glorious works here destinated for you, and likewise yield laud praise to the L [...]rd of hostes for his favourable acceptance of you to advance his glory, above all the rest of the children of men, which is a priviledg that former ages have not en­joyed.

True it is, you may finde in our Brittish Prophesies, herein collected, terrible threatnings against the Land of Brittain, e­specially the English Nation, which were all in force till the late extirpating and suppressing of Papists and Popery, with their idolatrous and superstitious rites and ceremonies, the down­fall of Bishops, the ejecting of lazy drones and scandalous Mi­nisters from the ministery, especially till the late starting up of a Brittish Conquerour, the ushering in of the late Warrs be­tween the divided Nations of Great Brittain, together with the heavy slaughter of both sides; all which (I say) have put a period unto their menacings against the English.

The accomplishment of which heads have brought in a per­fect attonement, reconc [...]liation and union between the Nation of England, bearing the name of English, and the race of the antient Brittains, so that formerly they were in the esteem of proyh [...]sies, like two divided streams of rivers, running at a di­stance, till their meeting in a bottom of a valley, then run their natural race in one entire body and individual course to the Ocean.

So the English and Welsh, after the accomplishment of the aforesaid heads, are f [...]om thenceforth repu [...]ed by our proph [...]sies as one body ordained by a decree from heaven to steer their course with mutual love, and are made instruments to performe and bring to passe the glorious works of Christ and his King­dom, in subduing of his enemies and reforming of his Church; wee are told by holy writs, that all these Kings and Kingdoms of the world that set themselvs against the Lord Christ and his kingdome, shall be bruised with a rod of iron, and broken to pieces in the end; and these prophesies tell you, that this end, or their destruction is not farr off from this present generation.

[Page 182] Your diligent perusal of these will tell you, That there is not the least menacing of danger (I mean by any future conquest) to this Nation, but rather proclaimed (as you are already told) to be made Conquerours and Subduers of Kings and Kingdomes: I confess that this Nation (with­out Gods providence) shall be further troubled and mole­sted for a short while, with disturbing enemies both with­in and without; the enemies without shall be sure of losse and repulse; the enemies within, as sure of condigne punishment, for their unadvised and treacherous attempts, yet those unadvised courses shall shortly vanish; for one brother will be awed by anothers punishment, and all of you shall be made sensible, That Plots, Combinations and Confederacies shall not prevail against the decree and ordi­nance of heaven.

Behold, how the Lord of hostes began his judgments at his own house; I mean with his beloved Spouse here in England; and how well shee is purged by this time of her Romish Wolves and their Idolatrous Rites and Ceri­monies, of her haughty and corrupt Bishops, and also of her lazy drones and scandalous ministers: the next workes of the mighty Lord amongst you by consent of prophesies, will be the work of Reformation in his Church here a­mongst us of Brittain.

And then ere it be long, you shall finde that this lovely Spouse will spread her tender wings over the misty and darksom Kingdoms of Europe, and make them shine with the glory of her brightnesse and innocency, farr surpassing the light of Torches in the darkest night, which shall like­wise extend to the terrestrial Jerusalem, the abode of the holy Apostles of old: Holy Writs tell us, that the despised and dispersed Jewes, the natu [...]al branches of the Olive- [...]ree, shall be called or grafted in again; Shall wee call the whole Nation here to England to be converted? a blessed deed, if there were a possibility for it; but I conclude that that will not or cannot be. Then I demand by whom [Page 183] will they be converted? will the Great Turk do it? or will that holy Father, the Pope, take them in hand? Surely none of these. But these Prophesies tell us plainly, that those two Grand Enemies must first fall to destruction, and then will the appointed time appeare for their grafting in again to their own Olive, and that by meanes of Eng­lish Divines, which shall preach Christ crucified to their eares, (whose mollified hearts (although now obdurate) shall willingly receive; and then shall they weep family by family, and turn to the Lord. So much from the very scope of Prophesies.

The chief Heads of fome of the Pro­phecies in the foregoing Book.

A Full verdict of substantial Jury past against a Plain­tiff, set out under these names, viz. The Mould-warp, the Flower de-luce, the Red Lyon, the Wolf, the white King, the red Rose. A greater trial never happened in great Brittain before, but the verdict is delivered up long ago, and lately revived.

A second, and full verdict, yeelded up by a compleat, impar­tial, and substantial Jury, for a Defendant in a great try­al, nay, the greatest that have been seen or observed in this Island before, this Defendant is set out under the names of the Branch.

A short Prophecy of Me [...]lin Ambrose, crying down the Race of two Henries.

Three several Advertisements, the first to the Reader, the second to the Inhabitants in general, the third to the Reve­rend Devines, Ministers, and Teachers, fore-warning them of their dangers, with wholesom advice to unite them­selves in unity and love, and to yeild obedience to the higher powers, or else to be destroyed.

An Apology in defence of Heathenish and Christian Prophets.

A Dialogue between the Star and the Collector of the Prophe­sies, wherein is handled, propounded and expounded—questions of great and wonderful consequence, and of weigh­ty affairs.

His Highness descent laid out from Bl [...]thin ap Cynwin some­times Prince of Powis, as also from Augharad Daughter to Rodri Rhangeat, and from Eysyllt daughter to Konau D [...]nda­ethwy.

The discovery of the Angel Taliesin, by Elphin ap Gwiddno in his Fathers fishing net.

[Page] The Angel Taliesin's first language of dostrine exhortations to Elphin.

This Angels Confession to Elphin, or an exact account of what he was, with a particular recital of his progress since the creation.

This Angels Creed, set out agreeable to holy Writs.

His excellent Hymn or Song in praise of Jesus Christ, wherein is set forth much Learning and Divinity, with an account of memorable passages since the Creation, set forth in seve­ral Languages.

A second Hymn or Song, he made to the same Jesus, setting out his miracles, ascension, and redemption of mankind.

His third Hymn or Song, setting out terrible punishments due without repentance to several sorts of sinners.

One of the first Songs that he made, calledr Owdwl fraich the eldest, wherein is laid out the creation of Adam and Eve, of their seduction, and expulsion out of Paradise, with nota­ble discourse about the Sacrament, and other weighty mat­ters; also a Prophecy in the Conclusion.

Remarkable passages in the revolution of years.

Certain divine exhortations of the Angel Taliesin to Elphin ap Gwiddno.

A Song of Taliesin, wherein he delivers himself to be an An­gel.

The first Odl or Song of Taliesin, wherein he beginneth with laud and praise unto Christ, the Son of God, then proceeds with terrible prophecies against the walls and Castles of Eng­land.

In the same Odl, he prophecyeth of a Conqueror out of the bo­dy of Angharad, and setteth out his valorous works, with laud and mighty praise.

His third Song of laud and praise to the same Conquerour, who as he saith will kill or destroy the Serpent, Dragon, and three red Lyons.

His fo [...]rth Song of the same Conquerour, and his notable acts, valour and prosperity.

His sixt and seventh Song to the same purpose.

[Page] A Prophecy in welch of Taliesin, pointing out the Norman Conquest, and of their Continuance till the coming of King James, whose coming is laid out by an exact number of years, likewise of the miseries which shall follow.

A Song to the Coronog F [...]bau, wherein is set out his discent, and progress in his warlike Acts, both in Great Brittain and in Rome, Turky, and the Kingdoms adjac [...]nt.

The principal Names given by the ancient Prophets to know and discern the Coronog Fabau or the Brittish Conquerour, which will conquer great Brittain, subdue the Turk and the Pope, and convert Jews and Pagans to the Christian faith.

Manifest signs and tokens to know him when he comes.

A not eable Prophecy written in English 200 years ago, setting out the Kingly Government, successively from Henry the eight, to his Highness the Lord Protector that now is, as al­so what shall follow in the future:

A Proph [...]cy of Merlin Ambros, of two white Kings which shall arise in Great Brittain, in these latter times, shewing that the first of the said Kings shall fall in a snare, that the se­cond will be forced to flye, and upon his second coming and return he shall fall in a storm, or be killed.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, directly pointing out these times the subversion of the late Monarchy, the late wars, the Kings loss, the flight of the Queen and her children, as also of his Highness the Lord Protector laid out by a red Fox.

An account of Merlin Wilt, otherwise called Merlin S [...]lvestris, or Calidonius, of his distempered fits, where and how he liv­ed, and of his kind Sister Gwendolina.

5 Noteable Revelations of Gwendolina, with Me [...]lins wise and discreet resolution to each of them; directly pointing out this present age, the late wars, the fall of great Lords, and advance of the Commons.

A vindication of both Merlins, esp [...]cially Merlin Ambros a­gainst the assertion of Mar [...]in D [...]lcio, Johannes Major, Polli­dor Virgil and others.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris cited by Gildas, the Son of [Page] Caw, the first Brittish Writer, wherein the late King an the late wars is clearly por [...]rayed.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris, discovering unto his Sister Gwendolina the prophesied Brittish Conquerour, the Koro­nog Fabau, or cradled King, the division between the late King and his Parliament, the late King [...] tri [...]l, the extir­pating of the race of Henry the seventh from the Kingly Go­vernment, and of a Brittish Conqueror.

A noteabl [...] Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, wherein are foretold m [...]nifest signs and tokens to discern the Brittish Conquerour when he comes, and also of the Earl of Essex laid out by the Stag, with a pretty mistical and knotty number of 7 with an exposition upon it.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, foretelling manifest signs and tokens, before the approaching of wars; likewise the suger­ed Complements late in use, with a check to the gallant Bi­shops and late Ministers.

A Prophecy of Adda fras to the Raven, foretelling the Brittish Conqueror and fall of Bishops.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, foretelling of three several course of wars in great Brittain, that the Romish R [...]l [...]gion shall have the over-ruling pow [...]r, and in the end should be the impulsive cause of great wars, concluding with a fatal number of 56 and 49 dayes.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros foretelling the raigning sins of this Land of great Brittain, that the Kingly Government shall fall upon the earth, that the Bull shall bear the Impe­rial rule at Sea, who will be both just and invincible.

A Prophecy of the Angel Taliesin, predicting of Owen with the red hand, the prophecyed Conquerour, and of his noteable feats and Conquest, who will force the Norman [...]a [...]e to re­treat, concluding with an odde m [...]stical number.

A Pr [...]phecy of Tal [...]esin pretending a discourse with the Co [...]onog Fabau, or cradled King, the Brittish Conquerour, wherein he foretelleth what kind of world will f [...]llow.

A short, but mistical Prophecy of Taliesin, in the Conclusion foretelling of a Brittish Conquerour.

[Page] A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris, setting forth by way of dis­course with his Sister Gwendolins, noteable signs and mani­fest tokens already past, as also the Brittish Conquerour.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris, foretelling of a dissenting Parliament, which will be the grounds of wars, with mani­fest predictions and progress of such war.

A Song of Taliesin against ignorant Beirdhes and Harpers, with his hearty prayer for such as observe his counsel and di­rections, shewing further that Elphin ap Gwiddno was murthered for commending his Teacher, and interred at Artro, he was chief of the Western Prophets, and that he would set Elphin at liberty from his precious bonds.

A Prophecy of Taliesin, foretelling of great war when the French and English should joyn together, Castles then destroyed, but a Brittain should overcome them, then a good world.

A Prophecy of one of the ten Sibils, foretelling the subduing of many Kingdoms and Isles by their several names; by the in­vasion of the great Turk, the calamity of the Church through all Europe, the downfull of the Emperour, Kings, Princes, Pope, Bishops and Clergy, with several punishments and signs of the same; and of a Brittish Conquerour that shall reform the world.

Agreeable to the same of Sibills, is the judgment of the famous Doctor in Astrology, Mr. John Cyprian, Tarquatus Van­drivus Student in the Art Magick.

A noteable Prophecy of John from Trwch y darau, foretell­ing tee miserable condition of negligent Ministers and of great war in Brittain, and that a Brittain shall conquer in the end.

A marvelous Prophecy of Taliesin, foretelling of wars and con­quest by a Conquerour of the Brittish race, his good success at Sea, with the time of the beginning, continuance of the late war. Reader pass not by it slightly.

Reader, now tell me if Taliesin proved not a true Prophet who foretells thee a large progress of the late wars, Mount­gomery fight, the demolishing of Mountgomery Castle, the [Page] treaties between the late King and his Parliament, the flight of the Kings party to Sea, and that the Lyon of the Brittish race shall conquer and subdue both the Charls.

A Prophecy of a Prophet called the Bergam of Maelor in Den­bighshire, wherein noteable things are foretold concerning these times, with a Conqueroures discent from the Princi­palitie of North-wales or Pewis.

A Prophecy of the same, foreshewing great wars in Great B [...]ittain in the behalf of a Crown, and that the Race of Cynwin will get the Conquest, according to the will of God.

A Prophecy of the same, presenting happy news to North and South Wales, of the appearance of a Conquerour, with re­markable passages besides.

A Prophecy of Tal [...]esin, foretelling of wars in the time of the Lyon of the Race of Llewelin Prince of Wales, and of the ap­pearance of the Eagle of North-wales in such time.

A Prophesie of the same of great wars in Great Brittain, of a Conquerour, and of a white Harvest after such wars, as al­so of an overthrow to an English Ruler.

A Prophesie of the same, foretelling that after the raising or discovery of the graves in Corbre Church-yard, a lamenta­ble time will follow, with signs and tokens of such troubles.

A Prophecy of the same, foretelling the strange removal of marvelous great stones from a bottom to the top of a high steep, and inaccessible Hill, which came so pass about King James Coronation, and of dissention and changes a in a Parlia­ment, with heavy wars that should follow.

A Prophecy of the same, foretelling the coming of a migh [...]y strong and invincible Conquerour to rule the Brittains, and of great wars in such time, with a promise of a peaceable time to succeed.

A Prophecy of the Bergam of Maelor, setting out the begin­ning of great wars, the division of Armies, the confinement and death of the late King, and of deliverance by a Conque­rour of the Brittish Race.

A Proyhecy of Adda fras, wherein is foretold, the late warres, with a conquering or subduing of forreign enemies.

[Page] A Prophecy of Adda fras foretelling of warres, of short trouble to the Brittish Conquerour, of the Race of Alau or Owen ap Cadwgau. of the starting up of Sects and Sectaries to trouble the true Church, but at last that Sects and Sectaries and Plotters shall vanish away.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris, predicting of the late warres of the Lyon and Dragon from Wales, and of future peace.

A Prophecy of Merlin Ambros, foretelling the coming of an Ea­gle of the Race of the B [...]ittains, in a certain age, and this Ea­gle he calls the prophecied Conquerour, or fiery Dragon of invincible strength, in whose time will be great slaughter.

A Prophecy of the same by way of questions, wherein is set out a Conquerour, also the late wars exactly foretold, and of a peaceable time that shall follow.

Taliesins Creed different in words from that in pag. 6. 7. yet agreeable in substance.

A Revelation of Gronw ddu of Anglesey, wherein an Angel revealed unto him the Kingly succession in the Regal Govern­ment, until the appearance of a Conquerour, who is cleerly portrayed, and that the same should appear 2 [...]2 years after the revealing of the said revelation, or in the year 1644.

A Prophecy of Taliesin, exhorting all to confide in Jesus for help, then he proceeds to foretell of a dragon of the Race of Blethin ap Cynwin, and of his warlike actions.

A Prophecy of the Bergam, beginning with exhortations to ob­serve prophesies, promising a Conquerour under the name of Owen of the Brittish Race, as also of the late Kings death.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris, wherein is set out terrible threatenings against the late Royal party, also of a Conque­rour of the Race of Cynwin.

A Prophecy of Adda fras, wherein is foretold our late wars, the late dissenting Parliament, and a Conquest by a person de­scending from the Princely Race of North-Wales.

Here followeth certain Prophetical discourses which p [...]st between Taliesin and Merlin.

A prophetical Chronology of Merlin Silvestr's, wherein is fore­told several Conquests and changes in the Regal Government [Page] of Great Brittain since the Norman Conquest till this very time, as also the Heroical and successful acts of his Highness that now rules, who is here foretold to conquer and bear rule both in Great Brittain and elsewhere.

Merlins further predictions of noteable passages from the time he lived till the present, and what shall btfall hereafter.

A prophetical Chronology of Merlin Silvestris, Dialogue wise between Merlin and his Sister Gwendolina, wherein is laid out most of the Kings successively that should raign in gr [...]at Brittain, from the time wherein Merlin lived, till the appear­ance of a Conquerour of the race of the Brittains, and that such and his race shall imperially rule for ever, both in great Brittain and elsewhere, but in respect of the tediousness of the some I curta [...]led it, and began at Queen El [...]z [...]beth.

A Proph [...]cy of John de Beidlington, setting out the valorous acts of his Highness the Lord Protector, who shall be a Re­former of the Church of Christ, and that treacherous plots shall not prevail against him.

A Prophecy of Evau de Trwch y darau, wherein is foretold that the Eagle and Son of man shall subdue the Pope, and most part of the world, and also reform the Church, and settle peace.

A short Prophecy of the same, wherein is foretold the late wars and the like divisions and troubles through the Christian world, as also a Conquerour by discent from Powis.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris predicting war and slaughter to the Town of Shrewsbury, formerly called Pengwern Powis; the like threatned against the adjacent parts; the fall of Bi­shops, as also of an Eagle Conquerour or Ruler, whose dis­cent should be from Powis, or Son of Eliz [...]b [...]th.

A Prophecy of M [...]rlin Silvestris (set forth by way of discourse with another Prophet) wherein is foretold a Conquest of Brittain, and the fall of Bishops.

The judgment, or rather a prophecy of learned Brightman of the Church of England tipified by Laodicea.

A Song called yr owdwlfrai [...]h made and composed by Rees Nanmor, grounded upon the whole scope of prophecies, where­in [Page] are predicted most noteable passages since Henry the eight in the regal Government till this year 1657; as also what shall befall in the future.

Certain dates of prefixed times and years foretold; first, of the coming in of King James, or of his Coronation in England, as also of our bickerings with the Sects, of the beginning of the late wars, and its continuance; also when further at­tempts shall be expected, till a full settlement.

Noteable Abridgment of Prophecies pointing out his Highness out of several of his Ancestors by particular names, and his appearance likewise within a prefixed time.

A Prophecy of Merlin Silvestris of the Boar, or late King of the late wars, the Kings flight, Worcester fight, and of the Gonquest of the black Lyon.

FINIS.

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